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Israeli MP Lieberman says Netanyahu has ‘no intention’ of defeating Hamas
Israeli MP and former Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has accused Netanyahu of deliberately prolonging the war in Gaza to cling to power, slamming his failure to bring down Hamas.
“Someone who doesn’t know how to eliminate Hamas after a year and seven months of war won’t do it in 17 years either,” said Lieberman, a former defence minister who heads the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, in comments carried by the Israel Hayom newspaper.
“Netanyahu has no intention of eliminating Hamas; he wants to drag the war out until the elections.”
US’s Witkoff says ‘genuine chance for progress’ in Doha
The US special envoy to the Middle East has told the families of Israeli captives that he believed there was a real possibility of making progress in Qatar’s capital during indirect talks between Israel and Hamas.
Speaking alongside US envoy Adam Boehler, he said if they didn’t believe in that possibility “they wouldn’t be making the trip to Doha,” local media quoted the Hostages and Missing Families Forum as saying.
“Witkoff emphasised that they will accept nothing less than the return of everyone,” the group said.
Israel not contemplating end to Gaza war despite sending team to Qatar
The Israeli prime minister has briefed his government, saying that while he decided to dispatch a team to the Qatari capital today, the mandate for the negotiating team is quite limited in that they’re not negotiating for an end to the war, but a pause in the fighting upwards of 40 days.
The end of the war is not even in the Israeli political landscape at the moment because Netanyahu wants to expand the military operations in Gaza.
However, it is worth mentioning that he dispatched a team after US pressure following a meeting with Washington’s Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee yesterday.
The US envoy Steve Witkoff also said earlier today that the release of [Israeli-American captive] Edan Alexander can be a stepping stone not only for a ceasefire deal, but for an end to the war.
