Signs of growing rifts among top Israeli officials over war strategy • FRANCE 24 English

And as Netanyahu doubles down on his calls for total victory in the Gaza Strip there have been reports of growing riffs both within the Israeli government and Israeli Society we’re going to talk about that with our Doug Herber who joins me on set Doug what more can you

Tell us well these riffs are more than just speculation they’re growing more and more apparent even in the words of uh War cabinet members and one retired you know uh top military official uh on Israeli and Israeli television uh in the past few days uh guy Gotti Eisen coted

Is his name he lost a a son in in the war in Gaza say he’s very credible and he’s very respect in Israeli Society he basically said that there’s uh you know a contradiction he’s he his words really reflect in a sense what we’re hearing from other top uh generals and and and

War cabinet members there’s a contradiction between netanyahu’s uh repeated pledges as you said to fight to wage this military offense of in Gaza until quote total Victory and his promise to the families and relatives of the hostages being held the Israeli hostages to secure their release that uh

These are competing uh prerogatives here um you know you cannot totally say you were going to keep going after eradicating harass without putting at some point those hostages lives in danger and jeopardizing their release Hamas itself has said at least publicly officially that there is quote no chance

Of the return of hostages until uh Israel agrees to wind down to end its War to withdraw its forces so both sides really um digging in their heels doubling down in their official statements Netanyahu obviously caught in a very tough bind because uh you know some would argue he made his bed he

Slept he sleeps in it he made his bed in the sense that he um you know is doing business with the most far-right Coalition in history a far-right coalition that have wants absolutely uh no business negotiating speaking to Hamas in any way they’re going for brok

In this so Hamas H um Netanyahu is in a sense doing the far-right coalition’s bidding at this point even though for them he’s not even going far enough um unofficially uh you do have reports and one uh notably over the weekend in the Wall Street Journal in in the United

States that both the US uh cutter and Egypt are stepping up or mounting uh the pressure on both parties both Israel anas to do exactly what each side says they’re not about to do which is to engage in serious negotiations uh negotiations which presumably uh would

Lead to in some way shape or form uh the release in a first phase of some civilian hostages not all of them but the civilian hostages um followed by in a final stage uh according to this sort of preliminary plan the withdrawal of Israeli Defense Forces from Gaza and a

Formal declaration at the end of the war obviously that is not happening tomorrow not on the horizon and this is right now just reports of pressure and perspective talks but what we are seeing is that this contradiction the riffs that I was speaking of in this Israeli government

And Israeli Society the Israelis backing the military offensive but also at the same time wanting those hostages released it’s leading to a situation where the question must be asked can Netanyahu hold this absolutist until total Victory position for very long something has to give it some point and from an international standpoint Doug

There’s still a lot of diplomacy underway obviously the EU and the US are really working at trying to find ways to bring peace to the region in any way they can yeah right now what you have today is uh European Union’s foreign ministers are going to be meeting with

Uh several officials with uh you know from Arab countries from Israeli and Palestinian officials as well their foreign ministers um and what are they looking at well the same types of things that I was just speaking about uh with respect to the US Qatar and Egypt uh

They’re going to be looking at a way to wind down this war to uh wind on the military offensive to secure the release of those hostages and they’re also looking at the road map uh in the endgame the creation of a Palestinian State remember formerly as of this hour

Benjamin Netanyahu was repeatedly said he has repeatedly said he rejects Joe Biden’s vision of a two-state Palestinian solution at the same time Joe Biden is trying to sort of Tamp down their differences even though he said privately to be infuriated with Netanyahu he’s trying to hold out the

Prospect that there are many different ways you could reach a Palestinian State and perhaps Netanyahu would be open to some of them Biden trying to suggest he’s not ruling them all out there’s definitely a riff there but this European plan would Envision the creation of some sort of a vision for

Palestinian statehood but perhaps more importantly within the framework of that a peace process putting laying the groundwork for what would be called a comprehensive Regional plan and a regional peace process that would draw in the Arab regions of the area the UN the US Israel so on and so forth we’re

Far from it it’s not happening yet but at least we have right now the diplomats on all sides of this conflict ramping up their efforts to try to try to hammer out some sort of vision for a compromise that could see this war this horrific War wind down at some point despite the

Very militaristic even belligerent you might say rhetoric coming from both sides

There are signs of growing rifts among top officials in Israel over the war strategy being spearheaded by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a member of the country’s War Cabinet said only a cease-fire can free the hostages still held by Hamas.
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42 comments

  1. Isn't the so called 'war strategy' is one big farce where they by dragging the war as long as possible plan to get away with just a ceasefire and not the core solution; a free Palestinian state.

  2. Netanyahu is really powerful. He changes the positions of the EU and the USA on the two-state solution. 🤣🤣😂😂

  6. Netanyahu whole political career has been based on getting control of gaza for the grand plan of ben gurions canal, and he will try to gain control regardless of cost, be it palestinian civillians, the hostages or both, as long as he gets gaza. He no doubt sees the canal as his great legacy to israel to make his name as israels greatest saviour.

  15. It' absurd these discussion s are still about 130 hostages when a madman is on the loose who has killed 30,000 innocent civilians and starving to death 2,200,000 more. What is wrong with the world that it has gotten this far?

  19. Israel sayid we dismantle the hamas military within one or two weeks but now we are in fourth month of the war and we hadn't seen any victory from the IDF except killing the civilians and destroying infrastructure like hospital and school's..

  21. 130 civilians hostages including some military are more important than 30,000 civilians being killed including 13000 children and whole gaza being flattened, crazy world we are living

  22. Israelis boast proudly that they want nothing more than to kill Palestinians. Israeli murderers and rapists were celebrated like heroes when IDF returned from masacres in Gaza. Israeli government states that its goal is to preserve the Bolshevik Judaist State and to prevent the creation of the Palestinian State. This is an alarming Semitic outburst of "Hate the Palestinians" after the Gaza uprising on Oct. 7 which gives us the greatest concern.ASD

  23. Israel will always stand behind their sons and daughters in the IDF..AT THE TOP NETENYAHU has a combined coalition government that if not rock solid does understand unequivocally the vital need to work together for the greater good of all in Israel.

  25. As the French wisely say, "Prévenir est mieux que guérir" (Prevention is better than cure). It's high time that sanctions are imposed on those who evidently show no respect for human life or human values, given the carnage inflicted upon innocent children and civilians, witnessed firsthand by the world through the harrowing images emanating daily from Gaza.

  26. What if Japan never surrendered after dozens of nuclear bombings, that was too much for even their government. They're now one of the highest living standard countries in the world, and have the top life expectancy.

  27. Kkkkkkkkkk world and journalist are still talking post gaza war while genocide on Palastenians are ongoing!!!!Even dead Palastenians no get peacefully rest!!!!!! Very sad this is one of genocide activities Israel forces!!!! This were ordered by USA with USA machines and weapons!!!

  30. the other countries should not interact with the law or the rules between the two coutries but the law of God. it should be made by the people itself. agreed with willings to have long term peace and stable development of regional politics. is it possible to make it clear about God is from the all mighty and all of the authority. for sake of the LORD the peace should be realized. then people will not stand up and say no and unfair and they fight with each other again. it is one God that borh of the two countries are worshiping. and the LORD do not need so many wars for its people. this is the first try I think to dimilish the future risk of war. it is like a ceremony and people will believe it or not. But it is it. Then there law one law two law three that is holy to help the two country to develop and help with each other. it is difficult indeed on such a deset place. there must be something wrong with the framing and algriculture. but people need to sit down to talk about it.

  35. Israel-Hamas war…why is everyone calling it a war and not what it is…an invasion by Israel on Gaza. Simply that….but everyone calling it a war.

  37. When will the entire friction of geopolitics stop revolving around this damn issue?!? Enough it is 2024, time for peace and to look to the real struggles humans face

  38. Over 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are being held hostage by Israel, including 62 women & 200 children. 2000 of them are detained indefinitely without charge or trial.

  39. israel wants the whole region no matter what they say or you say….only Palestines with work permits allowed

  40. Bibi will not stop until they displace all the Palestinians out of Gaza so they can reform it for Israeli settlements, as they are doing in the west bank. This is a result of the US supporting israel for decades which has helped them build their ethnostate at the cost of others.

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