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SvennoJ on 11 January 2025
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Israeli mother tells Trump that Netanyahu ‘sabotaging every deal’ to free captives

The family of an Israeli captive held in Gaza has filmed a video message for US President-elect Donald Trump accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of sabotaging efforts to negotiate a ceasefire with Hamas.

The family also call on Trump to intervene and end the conflict.

“We still see that our Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sabotaging every deal and refuses to stop the war, which will bring our son back home,” said Viki Cohen, the mother of Nimrod Cohen – an Israeli soldier stationed on the border near Gaza, who was taken captive on October 7.

“Please Mr President Trump, sir, we put our trust in you and feel that you are the only one that can stop all this nightmare,” Cohen said.

“Please pressure Netanyahu to stop the war and seal the deal that will bring all the hostages back home.”

This is the last phase of Zionism’: Israeli historian

Ilan Pappe, the Israeli historian, political scientist and former politician, told Al Jazeera he believes Zionism could be in its final stage.

“I am willing to say with some caution that this is the last phase of Zionism. Historically, such development in ideological movements – whether they are colonialists, or empires, it doesn’t matter – it’s usually the final chapter. The ruthless one, the most ambitious one, and then it’s too much – and then they fall and collapse,” Pappe said.

He added, however, that the last stage, from a historical point of view, is “a long process”. “It’s not an immediate process. It’s not a question of if it will happen, but when will it happen.”

He was speaking in Copenhagen, where dozens of academics, officials, activists and writers are gathering for the European Palestinian Network’s conference under the banner: “Together for Humanity, Freedom, Rights and Justice.”

Pappe also told Al Jazeera he believes the genocide in Gaza will continue for at least months under US President-elect Donald Trump, but that ultimately, economic woes in the US may see the conflict scale down.