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(1,357 posts)Hard-working D/CIA Mr. William J. Burns is meeting in Qatar this week with his Israeli counterpart, Mr. David Barnea of the Mossad, to earnestly re-start negotiations for a cease-fire and a release of the hostages. But this is all a kabuki theater thanks to Likudnik Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
D/Mossad David Barnea, who studied in the US years ago, had urged Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to negotiate with Palestinian resistance leaders immediately in order to release the Israeli captives. At the time of the surprise attack on Israel (7 Oct 2023), at least 2,000 Palestinians were being held in security detention without hearing or trial. See report from Amnesty International below. This is why the Palestinians launched their surprise attack which embarrassed Likudnik Netanyahu: Seize Israeli captives for a prisoner swap who had no chance of freedom whatsoever from IDF security detention.
As of 28 Oct 2024, 43,020 Palestinians have been killed and 101,110 wounded. At the current rate of attacks on the Gaza Strip, the IDF will have killed 50,000 Palestinians before year's end. On top of this, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are on the brink of a famine. The UN reported the same. This is the Nakba that Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter wanted. See his exact comments in links below.
Sources:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/11/israel-opt-horrifying-cases-of-torture-and-degrading-treatment-of-palestinian-detainees-amid-spike-in-arbitrary-arrests/
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/10/28/world/israel-gaza-iran-lebanon
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/10/28/live-medics-among-seven-killed-in-israeli-attack-on-south-lebanon?update=3279859
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-28/un-chief-north-gaza-life-untenable-israel/104525252
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/israel-minister-admits-nakba-gaza-palestinians_n_65515794e4b0373d70b2aadc