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SvennoJ on 11 July 2025
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Netanyahu willing to agree to 60-day truce, but prepared to resume war

For the first time, Netanyahu has acknowledged publicly that Israel is seeking an end to the war. However, they want it on their terms.

Netanyahu has said in Washington that Israel is willing to enter into this 60-day temporary ceasefire and start negotiations for a permanent end to the war.

But there are what he calls minimal requirements for Israel to end the fighting in Gaza. The first is for Hamas to lay down its weapons. The second is for Hamas to militarily and politically disband. The third is for Hamas to not be in the picture going forward.

Netanyahu says one way or another, Israel is going to achieve its objectives – that if during those 60 days, Israel is not getting what it wants diplomatically, they’re going to return to the fighting.

Netanyahu leaves US with no announcement of agreed ceasefire deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken off from Washington, Israeli media is reporting, wrapping up a four-day visit to the United States.

While the trip – which included two meetings with President Donald Trump – did not produce a much-anticipated announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza, Netanyahu has said the country is likely to reach a 60-day ceasefire agreement with Hamas “within a few days”.

Netanyahu’s flight to Washington prompted criticism from UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese towards the Rome Statute countries like Italy, France and Greece for letting the Israeli leader, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, use their airspace.

She questioned why they had provided “safe passage” to Netanyahu, who they were theoretically “obligated to arrest” as an internationally wanted suspect when he flew over their territory.

[Translation: Yaron Abraham: PM Netanyahu descends from the helicopter after a visit to Jefferson’s home and boards the “Wing of Zion” plane. The visit to Washington has concluded: Prime Minister Netanyahu has taken off for Israel with no deal in hand.]

Relative ‘not convinced’ returning captives is Israel’s top priority after PM meeting

Moshe Lavi, the brother-in-law of Omri Miran, was among a group of families of Israeli captives still held in Gaza who met with Prime Minister Netanyahu in Washington, DC, on Wednesday.

Posting on X, Lavi said he left that meeting “not convinced” that returning Israeli captives from Gaza is Netanyahu’s top priority.

“Prime Minister, I was not convinced yesterday that you have the hostages in mind after the decisions regarding Iran and Lebanon and the blood-soaked achievements in Gaza,” he wrote in response to a post by Netanyahu.

“As I told you in the meeting: the fate of the hostages and our social contract are at stake if you choose a partial solution again, rather than the formula that the Trump administration claims is possible – returning all 50 hostages, even at the cost of ending the war,” he added.