The Regime’s sought after ceasefire extension was ruined once Hamas carried out its terrorist attack in Jerusalem killing a pregnant woman and an elderly rabbi.
Beyond that, Hamas sabotaged the negotiations for the release of more hostages and began firing rockets.
This from frontpagemag.com.
But SoS Blinken’s message—supposedly leaked to the media—was that:
Israel could not expect to continue fighting as it had before, using armored brigades and heavy firepower, that it had to leave UN facilities alone even if they’re being used by Hamas, and that it has to wrap up the fighting soon.
There is nothing surprising here. The Regime was not expected to remain silent for long as it has given the intensity of Israel’s shock and awe.
[S]ome people [may have hoped] the attack could be used to get the Palestinian Authority to take over Gaza and bring back peace negotiations.
NOTE: Israel has not fully released the Oct 7 footage, but it did screen it and pass it along to government officials, and the Obiden Regime had its own intelligence briefings.
Prime Minister Netanyahu has been opposed to turning over Gaza to the PLO, and Abbas appears to be sabotaging any such proposals with demands that the United States has to recognize his terror state as a country and provide UN admission. What that really means is that, once again, Abbas isn’t interested and is making excessive demands to scuttle the deal. It’s a tactic he inherited from Arafat who would find ways to blow up every peace negotiation.
The bottom line, however, is that Israel is facing challenging territory going forward. It’s not a question of ‘if’, but ‘when’ the Obiden Regime pulls its support and how hard it will pull it.
It’s not at all clear that military resupply aid will even get through Congress once [The Regime] decided to staple it to a huge Ukraine aid package that Republicans hate. And even if it does get through, [The Regime] can tie it up.
The initial phases of the war depended on shattering Hamas strongholds. Some of that was accomplished. But Hamas predictably melted away into the civilian population—which is also where the terror group appears to have kept some of the hostages—and the rest of the war may be a lot less neat. And that depends on how long the Israeli government will even choose to pursue the offensive.
There have been mixed messages from some Israeli government figures, although not Netanyahu, redefining the metrics of the war to destroying Hamas’ “governing ability” (a virtually meaningless metric that could be arguably met now) or the release of the hostages (which amounts to a deal with the terrorists), but short of Netanyahu’s call to destroy Hamas.
Most Israelis, though, want to finish the job. The country—not just the hostages or their families—has gone through a lot. The massive mobilization and massive displacement of civilians from war zones has had a huge impact on a small country.
Israel and its people foresee a larger goal, a greater good. The question is ‘will the soldiers be allowed to finish the job?’
