AS FORECAST: Israel Has No Interest in Ceasefire Deal, NYT Report Proves It

Netanyahu has said he will not agree to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas is eliminated

Israel has been carrying out a U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza and more children have died there than any other conflict in decades. (UNRWA)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – who has blamed Hamas for refusing to agree to a ceasefire – has, in private, added new conditions to the deal that make any agreement nearly impossible, according to a report Tuesday.

The New York Times, citing unpublished documents, reported that Israel submitted “a list of new stipulations in late July to American, Egyptian and Qatari mediators that added less flexible conditions to a set of principles it had made in late May.”

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The paper said one of the new conditions submitted late last month was the stipulation that Israel controls Gaza’s southern border – which was a new position. Israel also took a more rigid stance vis-à-vis the ability of displaced Gazans to return to their homes.

U.S. President Joe Biden announced a ceasefire deal that would come in three phases but allows Israel to pull out at any time it wants, which Hamas said was unacceptable.

Netanyahu has said he will not agree to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas is eliminated, which even his military said is an impossibility.

Hamas has said it will not take part in ceasefire negotiations later this week until mediators “present a plan to implement what was agreed upon by the movement on July 2, 2024, based on Biden's vision and the UN Security Council resolution,” the BBC reported.

TRENDPOST: The Trends Journal noted for months that Israel has refused any ceasefire deal with Hamas that calls for a permanent end to the fighting – while the Western media and politicians acted like it was Hamas that was the obdurate party.

Hamas rejected the claim from the West that it was issuing new demands. Top Israeli officials have even publicly recommended agreeing to a permanent ceasefire, and then, in about a year or so – pick up where it left off in Gaza.

Benny Gantz, the National Unity chair who resigned from Netanyahu’s government, said in an interview in June that the return of the hostages should be the priority.

“If there is a change in the fighting and our hostages are returned, and we do what needs to be done in the Gaza Strip in a year, or in two years, that’s not an issue. I want the hostages home, I want to have strong security, and then we can continue what needs to be continued,” he said.

Alastair Crooke, the former British diplomat, told Andrew Napolitano’s “Judging Freedom” on Monday that Netanyahu’s ultimate goal is an all-out war with Iran and he will do all he can to provoke Tehran so it responds and the war escalates – with the U.S. playing a major role.