‘Netanyahu has no intention of ending the war’ | Gershon Baskin

“The Israeli government has put the war efforts as the first priority and bringing the hostages home as the second priority.”
Netanyahu priority’s is extending the war so he does not face an election that could oust him, says former Israeli peace negotiator Gershon Baskin.
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[@olorin4317]

Still have never heard why they didn’t tunnel under themselves beforehand. One tunnel along the southern border with seismometers installed to monitor would have prevented the bad guys tunneling in.

[@lauchlanguddy1004]

They dont care at all about hostages, its policy. you should know that.

[@EamonCoyle]

The idea of Hamas being committed to destroying Israel is taken as being a threat is laughable. Dissident Republicans here in Northern Ireland are committed to ending British Rule; do you consider them an existential threat ?

[@lauchlanguddy1004]

ahhh yes?

[@rafalgan-ganowicz]

Yeah there was about 50 years of conflict over this threat in recent history, perhaps you have forgotten?

[@Millie.com232]

Yes

[@EamonCoyle]

@@Millie.com232 You should all seek help lol, I live in North Belfast and dissident's don't even threaten the flow of traffic !!

[@carlabroderick5508]

Allied with Hezbollah and Iran, they are a threat.

[@GeorgeGraham-vw2jp]

You can't see the ocean, you can see the sea.

[@lauchlanguddy1004]

three comments equals no comments. Do you know half the comments here get scrubbed or censored or banned??? This is a free press in a "democracy"?

[@burner8959]

This isn't the press. It's KZbin. It's not a democracy. It's a company. Facts are hard.

[@Millie.com232]

Yes Times Radio censors comments

[@olorin4317]

Always so much fun to find the approved words that won’t make the comment go bye bye in this digital dystopia.

[@Crouchy232323]

It's almost as if the peace marches were correct from day 1

[@user-ys3kh1qc3s]

Sounds like this guy wouldn’t mind having Hamas as his next door neighbor. What a clown.

[@k.sullivan6303]

I feel bad for those of the Palestinians who want peace, and reject violence. Trouble seems to follow the Palestinians and the Jews wherever they go. I hope that the peace-loving Israelis and Palestinians can create a peace and hold it for centuries into the future.

[@RainerMichelle]

Palestinians do not want peace, Palestinians want Israel gone, this is why all ! attempts to peace deals in the last 75 years have FAILED, why is this so difficult to understand?

[@darrennandrewfitness2836]

Is the only reason he is power honestly

[@Aucklandinsummer]

The first Jinese I’ve ever seen.

[@stev838]

He’d be broke in a day if he did

[@yeasminchowdhury6090]

Very shame for US government and UK government and western some countries

[@danmayberry1185]

He's right. Neither Israel's governing coalition nor Hamas have protected their own citizens. That is where aid is warranted, rather than bolstering offensive weapon reserves.

[@chocolatesugar4434]

Difference is Hamas is not responsible for nor funded to protect the people as they’re not recognised government or leaders, they’re reactionary self funded organisations.

[@Travis_22]

Well duh

[@CashSache]

Hard questions for the representatives of humanitarian groups. Maybe some hard questions for the representative of the Israel government and IDF who killed 14,000 children in 7 months.

[@jimharmon1509]

Israel is defending themselves against future terrorists.

[@lauchlanguddy1004]

no use commenting her e oh and the Pals held in their thousands on no charge??

[@Zenny1220]

Genocide isn’t self-defense. Israel knows this.

[@joycejnn]

Genocide ? When they have put off entering Rafah for months and given warnings , opened up humanitarian corridors, provided nearly 15,000 tucks of humanitarian aid . Last Sunday Hamas attacked the humanitarian corridor Isreal has set up . Hamas are the genocidal ones . It is in their charter to destroy Israel, every Jew and infidel . I suggest you address your ignorance on this matter !

[@lauchlanguddy1004]

two good comments scrubbed

[@alexandretessier3246]

I find it hard to see my taxe helping Israël when the are comminting wars crimes

[@jimharmon1509]

War crimes? Israel is defending themselves.

[@lauchlanguddy1004]

oh just the jewish hostages

[@MichaelPetersFenwicks]

Netanyahu doesn't care about the hostages..............on his survival.

[@peterbeer8657]

I don't appreciate the statement of "Netanyahu has no intention of ending the war". Every war must eventually come to an end and so does this one. So one real question is if Netanyahu intents to go so far as to completely wipe out Gaza and annex it. I don't think the size of Israel allows him to do so on his own and I'm pretty sure the US and/or other allies are not going to agree on something like it. So really this is an impossibility. That leaves only one possible alternative which is that Netanyahu simply want to put a more permanent, (or at least more costly to Hamas), solution to the very real Hamas issue that the world is facing. You can criticize him for that but you should also do you homework and thoroughly investigate the history of Hamas and the nature of their organisation. There is no denying that Hamas is a very very real issue to Israel and also to Gaza and the whole of Palestine. There has been no democracy in Gaza for a very long time which is entirely because of Hamas.

[@Alex-vk9rx]

Netanyahu has no plan or intention to set up any government in Gaza other than Hamas. He refuses to work with the Palestinians Authority, or with any Palestinians whatsoever. He has said over and over that he opposes any political solution to the conflict. He wants endless war. His ideology is essentially fascist. He thinks that endless war is morally and spiritually good and that it strengthens the health of the nation.

[@chocolatesugar4434]

He has no intention of stopping the war. This is very evident.

[@peterbeer8657]

@@chocolatesugar4434 Absolutely ridiculous! Netanyahu wishes his people to live their lives. Israel is a democratic country too. Hamas is not and Hamas does not care about life. Martyrdom is celebrated! Life requires war to once end. Netanyahu cares. Hamas does not. Clearly it is Hamas that has no intention of actually stopping the war, when they say they do they're really only buying some time. And of course you are enabling them. You are being a supporter of terrorism, you could just as well have been there, on Oct 7th, committing atrocities.

[@eliezerbenabraham6117]

..... Read de Hamas Charter.... listening to them.....(this fellow is a joke.)

[@MrRetlahcub]

It is far more likely that Hamas has killed many of the remaining hostages; in any case, HAMAS is ultimately responsible for their deaths, as HAMAS committed the war crime of taking hostages in the first place.

[@k.sullivan6303]

If it is true that HAMAS is withholding Aid, then there still must be a large population of HAMAS still in Gaza. At this point, if Israel stops the efforts to eliminate HAMAS, will that terror group simply just rearm and repopulate it's members in Gaza, and continue the cycle of violence? If Israel stops it's war on HAMAS, then what was the point of ever starting it? What is the point of any country fighting terrorism, when people tend to forget the original crimes that were committed and point the finger at the victims and demonize them? Maybe that should be the new policy of all countries in the world including NATO. Just give up and hand over your lands and people to slavery, cruelty, and death.

[@AY-uf4oz]

Better to continue the war than agreeing to exchange 1,000 prisoners for 1 Israeli, which put Israel at much more risk as one of the prisoners freed was Sinwar, and I'm sure there were many more implicated in Oct 7. Baskin can't be impartial as he was an integral part of that negotiation. And to imply that Oct 7 happened because Israel didn't have the proper military defenders there is just plain disgusting on his part.

[@olorin4317]

Read about the unit of women soldiers who watched the border. They warned about an impending attack and were ignored.

[@olorin4317]

They also moved troops from the border, over to the WB to help settlers evict Palestinians.

[@jackduane5555]

He intends on ending the war by defeating Hamas. Grow a brain

[@christopherstewart1163]

First he ignores Oct 7, never an existential threat? Then he blames the victim. He then states that Netanyahu wants the war to last. He then ends with the assertion that this must end politically not militarily. Ignoring accountability and guarenteeing future conflict. He ignores that Hamas took the hostages as a shield for themselves. He ignores that Hamas hides behind Palestinians. His flawed reasoning offers no solution. Empty words that signify nothing.

[@jimharmon1509]

Pro-Israel!

[@chocolatesugar4434]

Said no one