Israel accuses Hamas of reneging on parts of ceasefire-hostage agreement, delays vote

[Jose Garcia]

Source: The Hill

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday accused Hamas of reneging on parts of a ceasefire and hostage release agreement announced the day before.

In a statement, Netanyahu said his Cabinet will not sign off on the deal until Hamas agrees to all parts of the arrangement.

“Hamas has reneged on parts of the agreement reached with the mediators and Israel in an effort to extort last-minute concessions,” Netanyahu said in a statement Thursday. “The Israeli Cabinet will not convene until the mediators notify Israel that Hamas has accepted all elements of the agreement.”

It was not immediately clear whether the statement reflected efforts to keep his precarious coalition government together, as at least one far-right member threatened to thwart the deal, or whether the ceasefire was at risk.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/5088902-israel-hamas-ceasefire-deal-vote-delay/

[tanyev]

1. Maybe Trump begged him to wait until after the inauguration so he can take all the credit.

[riversedge]

5. Agree. Yet, Trump has already taken credit--in his "we" statement. Trump wants it ALL!

[Lonestarblue]

2. Just more Netanyahu sabotage?

[Ray Bruns]

9. Yes. I was wondering how he was going to sabotage the whole thing.

[Alpeduez21]

3. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, that Israel is delaying a ceasefire n/t

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

4. No doubt it's all done to deny our President the credit he deserves.

[endgenocide]

6. I guess the airstrikes

killing 80 civilians since the deal was reached wasn't enough to kill the deal so now Bibi has to just come out and reject the deal outright. I don't believe one word he says, he does not care about those hostages, he does not want peace, he wants Gaza in ruins so it can be bulldozed, occupied and re-settled for Israeli Jews only.

[mzmolly]

7. They're waiting for tRump

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to take office.

[travelingthrulife]

8. Of course they do. They take turns doing this for decades now.

Wait a few days and The Traitor will crow about how he stopped the war in one day.

[alarimer]

10. To make sure Trump gets credit for it, I'll bet.

Netanyahu is such a fucking piece of shit.

[walkingman]

12. No doubt about it - to think otherwise is naive. You could see it coming months ago.

[Polybius]

14. He'll get credit for it anyway

His "Hell to pay" comment (that he said in November) was all over the media last night.

[Oopsie Daisy]

11. Naturally. Hamas cannot be trusted.

[maxsolomon]

13. Per some dude on Democracy Now this morning,

the issue is who's on Hamas' list of prisoners to be freed from Israel.

OR

Smotrich and Ben Gvir are both threatening to withdraw from Netanyahu's coalition which would collapse the Govt.