Tel Aviv: Israeli officials say that our own Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become an obstacle in the release of hostages.
According to the report of the Times of Israel, on the one hand, Hamas is ready to release the hostages, for which it has given up its most important demand, a preliminary ceasefire in Gaza, and has accepted the American offer of negotiations.
On the other hand, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set a list of unacceptable conditions for talks, including the condition that Israel will have the right to start another war whenever it wants.
According to the Times of Israel, Israeli security officials and mediators have accused the prime minister of deliberately sabotaging the possibility of a deal to release the hostages.
A negotiating team led by the head of Israel’s security agency Shabak is set to leave for Cairo to negotiate a ceasefire deal with the hostages.
In the meantime, Benjamin Netanyahu has put forward a list of demands and conditions that he says must be accepted, including a guarantee that Israel can restart the war whenever it wants. Is.
Not only the Israeli authorities but also the neutral countries are very angry with Netanyahu’s move on this important occasion of negotiations for the release of the hostages, and some accused Netanyahu of sabotaging this difficult progress.
According to Israeli media Haaretz, the head of Mossad’s foreign intelligence service, David Barnia, has also submitted a list of new demands to the mediators in Qatar, which are expected to disrupt the negotiations and would be very difficult for Hamas to accept. .
Israeli opposition parties, the media and the families of the hostages have all been critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of stalling efforts for a ceasefire and hostage release simply for his own politics.
The families of the hostages said in a news conference held near the Ministry of Defense in the capital Tel Aviv that we strongly appeal to the heads of the security agencies and the negotiation team that all eyes are on you. Don’t sabotage the deal.
The British newspaper Guardian writes that it has happened several times that whenever a ceasefire agreement starts to be reached, Netanyahu fails the negotiations every time and escapes from the talks. On several occasions in recent months, he has blocked progress in ending the conflict. Sometimes he makes controversial announcements, sometimes sends secret messages and sometimes limits the authority of the negotiating team.
