Netanyahu Hopes for Hostage Release While Ramping Up Gaza Siege
Al-Monitor reports Netanyahu's 'hope' to bring hostages home 'within days' as negotiators head to Cairo, echoing promises made after every previous escalation. The article then curiously attributes a 'not tolerate delay' warning to former US President Donald Trump, despite him not being in office. This misattribution, whether an error or a carefully placed bit of theater, distracts from the Biden
administration's actual role in rubber-stamping an arms pipeline to Israel. Meanwhile, the same 'hope' narrative was recycled during the 2014 Gaza onslaught, the 2008-09 Cast Lead operation, and countless other 'negotiations' that produced little beyond more Palestinian casualties and further annexation. One might wonder how many 'days' a 'final' peace deal takes when the primary sponsor, the US,
continues to greenlight weaponry while mourning 'deaths' on cue. How many times can a 'roadmap' be presented without it leading anywhere but further into the desert?