The hidden costs of Israel’s negotiations with Hamas
The Jerusalem Post by David M. Weinberg 14 February 2025

Extracts:
  • stages two and three of Biden’s Israel-Hamas deal were never realistic
Still, for obvious reasons, stages two and three of Biden’s Israel-Hamas deal were never realistic

Hamas is never going to release all Israeli hostages because they are,
1. the terrorist organization’s self-protection insurance policy
2. and its most effective weapon for tearing Israeli society apart from within

Israel as stipulated in Biden’s outline because Israel cannot lose this war, is not going to,
1. lock-stock-and-barrel withdraw all IDF troops from Gaza
2. and all together forgo the security perimeter it has created inside the Strip
3. nor “permanently end” the war against Hamas –
4. including interdiction of weapon shipments into Gaza
5. and real-time strikes on Hamas terrorist offenses

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Israel will not rest until Hamas’s military and dictatorial-ruling strength in Gaza is more decisively destroyed
Terrorists Hamas invulnerable -- Day 503