On the saboteur – Amir Tibon in Haaretz:

‘The belief that Trump genuinely wanted a deal was the main source of optimism surrounding Netanyahu's trip. After all, how could Netanyahu say no to Trump – less than a month after the U.S. president ordered a strike on Iran's nuclear sites? But that optimism proved unfounded. Netanyahu spent nearly a week in Washington, including two extended meetings with Trump. Yet by the time the Israeli prime minister left the city, negotiations to end the war and save the hostages were no closer to resolution than before his arrival.’

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‘These facts have been evident for some time and were recently reinforced by a detailed New York Times investigation into Netanyahu's deliberate sacrifice of the hostages to preserve his far-right coalition. Rather than pursue proposals offering the release of all hostages in exchange for ending the war, Netanyahu has consistently pushed for partial deals and temporary ceasefires. Worse, he has actively sabotaged even the partial, temporary deals that the U.S. has carefully constructed to accommodate his demands.’

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‘Until Trump and Witkoff decide that they've had enough, and put an end to this political farce and humiliation, the hostages will continue to suffer and languish in the tunnels; Israeli soldiers will continue to die in a futile forever war; and Gaza will remain a devastated killing field with no future.’

Read the article here.

Once again, groundhog day all over again.

When will Trump have enough?

Maybe never?

For the time being he seems to be more interested in Ukraine.