AhlulBayt News Agency

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22 August 2024

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Netanyahu's efforts to expand war: An attempt to prevent collapse

Ehud Barak, the former prime minister of the Zionist regime, has attacked Netanyahu's extremist cabinet for not agreeing with Hamas and warned that Netanyahu is dragging Israel into a regional war.

Ahlulbayt News Agency: Ehud Barak, the former prime minister of the Zionist regime, has attacked Netanyahu's extremist cabinet for not agreeing with Hamas and warned that Netanyahu is dragging Israel into a regional war.

The disagreement between Zionist officials to reach an agreement with Hamas to establish a ceasefire in Gaza and exchange prisoners has intensified, with far-right parties strongly opposing any agreement, while Netanyahu's opponents are seeking to reach an agreement to exchange prisoners.

In this regard, Barak criticized Netanyahu's extremist cabinet for its inability and obstacles in reaching an agreement with Hamas, saying: "Netanyahu is dragging Israel into a regional war."

This is while Netanyahu has simultaneously sentenced our prisoners in Gaza to death.

Barak added: "Netanyahu's emphasis on controlling the Philadelphia corridor in southern Gaza has no political benefits for Israel."

This is while the office of the prime minister of the Zionist regime had previously announced in a statement: "Tel Aviv wants to control the Philadelphia corridor on the border between Gaza and Egypt because it prevents the rearmament of terrorist groups."

This corridor is part of a large civilian area on both sides of the Egypt-Gaza border.

Israel's Channel 13 also emphasized the severe differences between the Zionist negotiating team and Netanyahu, saying: "The negotiating team warned Netanyahu that the failure of the negotiations would make it very difficult to start again."

The network added: "Netanyahu told the Zionist negotiating team that the failure or success of the negotiations has nothing to do with them."

Channel 13 also reported: "The Zionist negotiating team told Netanyahu that if he insists on continuing the military presence of the Zionist regime in the Philadelphia and Netzarim corridors, the negotiations will fail."

The network also reported: "US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has entered occupied Palestine to explain to Netanyahu what the consequences of the failure of this round of negotiations will be."

At the same time, the Islamic Resistance Movement of Palestine (Hamas) announced: "It opposes the US proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, as it fully complies with Netanyahu's conditions and is in favor of the Zionist regime."

Hamas stated that "this plan does not emphasize a complete cessation of war", adding: "After listening to the mediators' statements about the recent negotiations, we were once again convinced that Netanyahu is still obstructing the agreement."

Hamas emphasized: "The new plan is in line with Netanyahu's conditions, especially his opposition to a permanent ceasefire and a comprehensive withdrawal from Gaza."

Israel continues to occupy the Netzarim area, the Rafah crossing, and the Philadelphia corridor.

On Thursday and Friday, August 25 and 26, Doha, the capital of Qatar, hosted ceasefire talks in Gaza with the participation of the United States, Egypt, and Qatar.

Negotiations in which Hamas did not participate and announced: "Instead of new negotiations, we should focus on the previous agreement."

According to the statement, these negotiations will be resumed in Cairo soon.

These negotiations were held after the assassination of the former head of Hamas' political office, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran; a terrorist act that Iran announced would receive a regrettable response, and according to experts, the United States and Arab countries hope that the ceasefire will dissuade Iran from taking revenge.

Israeli officials believe that Netanyahu has no desire to end the war to save his political life, and the head of the Iranian Interests Section in Cairo says that if Netanyahu accepts a ceasefire with balanced conditions, he would have to say goodbye to power.


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