Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is currently in the midst of another campaign of sabotage to prevent a “ceasefire” agreement that would bring an end to Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinians of Gaza. All parties—from Hamas, to the regional mediators Qatar and Egypt, to the Trump administration—know that Netanyahu is entrenched in his position that Israel will not agree to any deal that does not allow Israel to continue a campaign it has characterized as a war of conquest against Gaza. Israeli officials have made no secret about their aim of erasing Gaza as a Palestinian territory and removing its 2.3 million residents. Hamas has said it will not release any more Israeli captives unless an agreement is reached that includes a full withdrawal of Israeli forces and a clear path to a long term ceasefire.
In the latest Drop Site News livestream, Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Grim discuss how Israel is using the veneer of agreeing to allow aid into the besieged territory to enable it to pursue its final solution in Gaza, with the full support and backing of the U.S. government. They also talk about the deal the U.S. made with Hamas to free Israeli soldier and U.S. citizen Edan Alexander. Hamas told Drop Site that Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff personally promised the group it would compel Israel to lift its full spectrum blockade on Gaza two days after Alexander was released. Witkoff, Hamas said, also told Hamas that President Donald Trump would publicly call for a ceasefire and serious negotiations to end the war. Hamas accused the U.S. of “throwing the deal in the trash.” As Israel intensifies its attacks against Gaza and the humanitarian situation growing more grave by the day, the central question is whether Trump—for his own reasons—will force Netanyahu to end the war or whether Trump will continue to facilitate Israel’s campaign of annihilation.
Appreciate Drop Site News reporting. No BS, beating around the bush, or spinning the truth. Factual information with people who have first hand knowledge and experience.
Hamas releasing Edan Alexander may have been a gamble. They put the ball in the hands of the U.S. The US proved to the world, along with Israel, that their word is meaningless. Sadly, no surprise. But Hamas made it documented proof. No guessing, or what if?
And since June 8, is approaching. Here’s another reminder:
Hamas never attacked a US Navy ship, committing an act of murder against American servicemen and an act of war against the United States, along with committing war crimes…a specialty of Zionist Israel! Keep in mind, the US government did not ban people of the Jewish faith from serving/dying on Liberty.
Never forget June 8, 1967, when Israel brutally and purposely attacked our ship, USS Liberty with 34 massacred and over 174 wounded. More than 821 rocket, cannon and machine gun holes, the use of napalm were inflicted on the USS Liberty along with torpedo fire, which blasted a forty-foot hole in the ship’s side. An act of murder against American servicemen and an act of war against the United States. No investigation. No one in Israel held accountable.
Had the United States taken action in 1967, maybe there wouldn’t be an Israel running around with impunity today, occupied Palestinian territory, a Hamas Resistance OR a horrific October 7, with a genocide on Palestinians in Gaza now expanded to the West Bank. Because it is/has always been about the land. And because, Israel’s Mad Dog Bibi wants a greater war to drag in the United States. IRAN? The only one left on the list in the Project for the New American Century.
More journalists have been killed in Gaza than in the two world wars, the wars in Afghanistan, the former Yugoslavia and Vietnam combined. It is the deadliest conflict for media professionals ever recorded.
Excellent update. Thank you!