Netanyahu Blasts Harris: Peace Deal with Hamas at Risk

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by Tyler Durden

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was angered by Vice President Kamala Harris’ on-camera statement following their Thursday meeting, and he now says the words threaten to sabotage any potential peace deal with Hamas.

Diplomats speaking with Axios said Netanyahu’s criticism stems from Harris speaking as if a ceasefire and hostage exchange would mark the final end of the war in Gaza, whereas Israel’s position has all along been that counter-Hamas operations could resume even if a hostage deal is reached.

Following the Harris-Netanyahu meeting which lasted about 40 minutes, the Vice President said “It is time for this war to end in a way where Israel is secure, all the hostages are released, the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza ends and the Palestinian people can exercise their right to freedom, dignity and self determination.”

She added: “And as I just told Prime Minister Netanyahu it is time to get this deal done. Let’s get the deal done. So we can get a ceasefire to end the war. Let’s bring the hostages home. And let’s provide much needed relief to the Palestinian people.”

Israeli officials told Axios that the Biden meeting was much more constructive than the one with Harris, but that they were “caught off guard” by Harris’ follow-up statement:

  • The Israeli officials said Netanyahu and his team were caught off guard by Harris’ on-camera statement and taken aback by its tone, which they said sounded much more critical than Biden’s.
  • “Harris’ statement after the meeting was much more critical than what she told Netanyahu in the meeting,” one Israeli official claimed.

According to more, “The Israeli official also said Netanyahu was unhappy with the fact that Harris criticized Israel publicly for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and for killing civilians, especially at the current timing amid the hostage deal negotiations.”

But an aide to the vice president said he has no idea what the Israeli side is talking about and emphasized the private meeting between Harris and Netanyahu was “serious and collegial.”

So for now, it appears Netanyahu is ready to blame lack of progress in a ceasefire on VP Harris, and the current chaos of American politics after Biden bowed out of the presidential race. Israeli officials have tried to push a narrative that says a truce deal is impossible if there is any daylight in messaging between Washington and Tel Aviv.

But what Israel wants is a perpetual ‘blank check’ from the US taxpayer (akin to Ukraine’s Zelensky), and makes a lot of noise and complains bitterly in any instance where US leadership is not 100% on board, or issues some degree of criticism of Israeli military action.

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How long before Democrats try to pull the Hatch Act on Trump for meeting with Netanyahu?

She says, “Lets….”
What stops Hamas from freeing the hostages????
Not Israel.
Not the world.
What stops Hamas from laying down their arms and quitting the fight?
But, news for you, Kamala.
The people of Gaza will not be given “self-determination,” as the Israelis will completely disarm that area and control it into the future when the war finally ends.
No way will Gazans get to just vote Hamas back in and begin turning humanitarian supplies back into weapons again.

Apparently, Kamala has learned all she knows about foreign policy from Robin Ware/Robert L. Peters/JRB Ware/Pedo Peter/idiot Biden, which is absolutely nothing. She thinks she can make absurd remarks to her target audience (hateful, anti-Semitic idiots) and the rest of the world won’t hear about it. She wants to sound like she read Netanyahu the riot act and was all Presidential and shit, but in reality, she just sat there, nodded along and then afterwards talks about insisting on this and demanding that.