‘Netanyahu has no plan’: Hostages and Missing Families Forum
An Israeli campaign group has urged Netanyahu to secure a deal to bring the captives home from Gaza, even if it means ending the war.
“Netanyahu has no plan. Tonight, we heard endless talk about what not to do. We would appreciate hearing from our prime minister what should be done,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement.
“There is one clear, feasible, and urgent solution that can be achieved now: reach a deal that will bring everyone home – even if it means stopping the fighting.”
Protesters in Tel Aviv demand return of captives
The longer Netanyahu remains in power, ‘the greater the danger’
Netanyahu is not protecting Israel but is an “obstacle to its security”, the chairman of Israel’s Democrats party, Yair Golan, says after a message from the prime minister announcing that he would not capitulate to Hamas and end the war.
“The longer he remains, the greater the danger. This evening, he officially announced to the families of the kidnapped and to the entire public: I have decided to continue to abandon and sacrifice the kidnapped. My continued hold on the throne is more important to me than the lives of your loved ones,” Golan wrote on X.
“We will take him down, rescue the hostages, and arm the security.”
Netanyahu ‘failed’ against Hamas, on captives’ return for political survival: Lieberman
The chairman of Israel’s Yisrael Beytenu party, Avigdor Lieberman, says Netanyahu’s speech shows he “failed” against Hamas on October 7, 2023, and “prevented the return of all the abductees in one fell swoop – just to survive politically”.
In a recorded address, Israel’s prime minister said Hamas had rejected his government’s proposal to release half of the captives and instead called for an end to the war and the withdrawal of Israeli soldiers from Gaza.
Netanyahu said accepting the Hamas proposal would be a “capitulation” and would undo everything Israeli soldiers had so far achieved.
Lieberman also called the indirect nuclear negotiations the US and Iran are having another “resounding failure” of Netanyahu’s.
“The prime minister of October 7 is a continuing failure who needs to end his term.”
