π️Lonny's War Update- October 683, 2023 - August 19, 2025 π️
π️Day 683 that 50 of our hostages are still in Hamas captivityπ️
Israel has received Hamas’s latest hostage deal offer, official confirms
Israel has received Hamas’s latest ceasefire and hostage release deal proposal, an Israeli official confirms to The Times of Israel.
The proposal comes down from the vast majority of the demands Hamas made last month that led to the collapse of talks in Doha, an Arab diplomat says.
Arab diplomat to ToI: Latest Hamas truce proposal erases most of demands that caused talks to collapse
An Arab diplomat tells The Times of Israel that Hamas’s chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya presented Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani with an updated ceasefire and hostage release proposal that backs away from the vast majority of the demands raised by the terror group that led to the collapse of talks last month.
The proposal will see the release of 10 living hostages in exchange for 150 Palestinian security prisoners during a 60-day truce, the diplomat says, adding that the deal will also see the release of bodies of slain hostages.
The proposal is being presented to Israel today though Jerusalem has insisted that it is no longer interested in partial deals, saying that it will only agree to end the war if Hamas releases all of the hostages at once, disarms, allows for the demilitarization of Gaza, grants Israel overall security control of the Strip, and hands over control to a body that isn’t the Palestinian Authority.
The Arab mediators believe that the Israeli demands don’t give them anything to work with and instead have been working to first secure a partial deal, albeit one they are framing as a “pathway to a comprehensive agreement.”
Similar to the proposal crafted by US special envoy Steve Witkoff earlier this year, the latest proposal envisions negotiations on the terms of a permanent ceasefire commencing at the start of the 60-day truce, with the mediators aiming to secure an agreement on those details by the end of the two-month temporary ceasefire, the Arab diplomat says.
Earlier today, US President Donald Trump appeared to align with the Israeli position, writing on Truth Social that the hostages will only be released when Hamas is destroyed.
The Arab diplomat speculates that the Truth Social post was a “pressure tactic” aimed at bringing Hamas to accept the terms of Witkoff’s original hostage deal proposal.
The diplomat says that the proposal submitted by Hamas is almost entirely identical to the one proposed by Witkoff.
Ben Gvir says Netanyahu ‘has no mandate for partial deal’; Gantz: Government has clear majority to return hostages
In the wake of reports that Hamas accepted a partial truce-hostage release deal offer, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir posts on X that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “has no mandate for a partial deal.”
The last time a ceasefire deal was made, Ben Gvir withdrew from the government and has threatened to do so again if another agreement with Hamas is inked.
Meanwhile, opposition National Unity party chairman Benny Gantz insists the government has the support of a majority of lawmakers to return hostages.
“The government has a clear majority and a broad security net to return the hostages. Netanyahu, this is not the time to hesitate, this is the time to make the right choices for the nation of Israel and the security of Israel,” he writes on X.
Smotrich opposes partial deal, says Hamas under pressure due to Gaza conquest plans
As usual, the 2 extremist messianic partners of Netanyahu are calling on Netanyahu to reject any plan that includes ending the war. These 2 evil bastards have no kindness or empathy for what is happening to the hostages or their families. Their ideology is clearly more important that saving the lives of the hostages and soldiers they are sending the Gaza to die. They only care about the idea of annexation first of the West Bank and Gaza and their campaign to expel all Palestinians using whatever means they choose and find most effective, including but not limited to settler terrorist violence against the Palestinians. These 2 extremists have done so much damage within Israel and internationally that it will take a long time to see the impact of all they have done. But, if they are asked if that damage means anything to them, they will say it has no meaning for the Jewish State and therefore it doesn't matter to them. Under Smotrich, as the most unqualified finance minister ever, our country's credit has been downgraded 3 times. Never before in our history had we ever had a credit downgrade, and each time it happened, Smotrich, the 'genius' has defended his treatment of the economy and said that the credit companies don't understand Israel and he tries to get the public to believe his garbage.Hamas eases demands on release of Palestinians serving life sentences, Israeli withdrawal — report
In its latest ceasefire-hostage release proposal, Hamas has eased its positions on two of the sticking points from last month’s round of talks — the release of prisoners serving life sentences and the size of an Israeli buffer zone along the Gaza border — Channel 12 reports.
A few weeks ago, Hamas sought the release of 200 prisoners serving life sentences, while Israel agreed to 125. The group is now demanding roughly 150, narrowing the gap considerably, according to the Hebrew network.
On the buffer zone along the Gaza border, Israel is insisting on a strip between one and 1.2 kilometers wide. Hamas, which previously demanded a maximum of 800 meters, is now willing to accept between 800 meters and one kilometer, the report continues.
An Arab diplomat told The Times of Israel that the new proposal retreats from most of the demands Hamas raised that derailed the talks in Doha last month.
In recent hours, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, Israel’s lead negotiator, has been holding discussions with United States special envoy Steve Witkoff and with Qatari mediators to further clarify details of the proposal, Channel 12 adds.
Official says Israel committed to comprehensive hostage deal
After Israel received Hamas’s latest ceasefire and hostage-release proposal — a partial framework envisioning a phased release of captives — an Israeli official stresses that Jerusalem’s commitment to a comprehensive deal remains unchanged.
“Israel’s position has not changed — [regarding both] the release of all the hostages and adherence to the other conditions defined for ending the war,” the official says in a statement.
The new proposal reportedly shows a significant scaling back of Hamas’s demands last month that derailed talks in Doha. Nonetheless, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this evening that Israel is pressing ahead with its planned expanded military campaign in Gaza and that Hamas is under “immense pressure.”
Netanyahu has stated in recent days that Israel will only accept a comprehensive deal that sees the release of all hostages at once, Hamas’s disarmament, Gaza’s demilitarization, Israeli security control of the Strip, and governance by a body other than the Palestinian Authority.
Notably, however, Netanyahu has not gone on the record to publicly rule out the partial deal being advanced by the Arab mediators since Hamas agreed to the proposal earlier today — an indication that Jerusalem is still weighing its options.
Hamas says it approved hostage deal offer presented by mediators
Hamas says in a statement that it and other Palestinian terror groups have approved a proposal for a ceasefire-hostage release deal presented by Egyptian and Qatari mediators.
Another Bad Deal - August 19, 2025 - by Dr. Gershon Baskin
Hamas accepted another partial deal which as I understand it, they were forced into by the Qatari and Egyptian mediators, which very strong backwinds coming from Washington that were generated in Jerusalem. Hamas wanted an “end of war deal” in which they were prepared to release all of the 50 Israeli hostages in 24-48 hours, in exchange for ending the war, full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the release of Palestinian prisoners and Palestinian hostages, and a very large increase of humanitarian aid.
I have been in daily communication over the past couple of weeks with the mediators and the Hamas negotiating time, pushing hard for a deal to end the war. I learned that Hamas was very intent on reaching a comprehensive deal and that they rejected the idea of another partial deal – mainly because they do not trust that Israel will comply with continuing to negotiate beyond the 60 days and to enter into real negotiations to end the war. This is what happened with the previous ceasefire that went into force when Trump entered the Oval Office. According to that deal, the parties were supposed enter into negotiations for a sustained ceasefire by day 15 and to conclude those negotiations by day 30. But those negotiations never started and it was clear that Netanyahu never had any intention to continue the ceasefire. The war resumed one week following the end of the ceasefire. That was way back in March of this year.
In my talks with Hamas I told them what I heard from the American side – that the United States would support the end of the war if Hamas released all of the hostages, if they agreed to some form of de-militarization (which the American side said can be defined in a way that Hamas could accept), and that a new non-Hamas Palestinian government be up and running before Israel withdraws completely from Gaza. Hamas seemed prepared to accept those conditions as well as a no-entry perimeter zone along the Gaza-Israel border with Israeli troops on the Israeli side of the border with orders to shoot anyone who enters the zone. Hamas also said that they would be more flexible on the issue of Palestinian prisoners.
Throughout the last two weeks I have been pushing Hamas to submit to the Qatari Prime Minister (Sheikh Mohammed) the Hamas proposal for the “end of war deal”. They did not do that. Yesterday morning I received the following message from Hamas: “Until now there is no sign of acceptance of the Americans or the Israelis or the mediators for the comprehensive deal”. My response to that was: “you are not negotiating with Israel, nor the Americans - you have been negotiating with yourselves (thinking about what the response of Israel will be). It is clear that Israel does not want an “end of war deal” and Trump won’t get serious until he sees that Hamas is serious - they are waiting for a serious Hamas proposal to be delivered to Sheikh Mohammed. I am not making this up - this is what they told me several times in phone calls and told me this. Please take my advice. I know what is going on behind the scenes. I know what are the chances of reaching an agreement with Israel. Really Trump is the only person who can force Israel to end the war. Remember the window of opportunity is open only until the tanks start moving into Gaza city.” In my phone conversations with Hamas, I tried to explain that what prompted Trump to give Netanyahu the greenlight to escalate (as Trump put it: Israel will do what Israel needs to do) was seeing the two videos of the two Israeli hostages being starved to death. My message to Hamas was: feed the hostages, not once for the video, but from now until they are released. Many times, during the last days, I kept telling them: Feed the hostages – if one of them dies from starvation, you lose any chance of getting Trump to pressure Israel to end the war. Trump feels personal responsibility and a personal connection to the hostages and their families. Hamas tried to say we take good care of the hostages, which I said is an outrageous claim – seeing those videos and seeing the condition of the released hostages. Then they said that this is what Israel is doing to the Palestinian prisoners inside of Israeli prisons – which is correct. We saw how emaciated and weak Marwan Barghouthi looked standing in front of Ben Gvir. And we have seen videos of Palestinian prisoners who were released in the previous deal. Hamas also said that the people of Gaza are starving, which is also correct, but I said once again, that they lost the support of Trump when he saw those videos and the Americans told me that if the Israeli hostages die in captivity they can forget about American support.
After the deal was announced last night, I contacted Hamas and asked them why they did not present their proposal to end the war. Why did they give Netanyahu the victory that will allow him to continue the war? The response that I received this morning was: “we found that the position of the Egyptians and the Qataris, and even Sheikh Mohammed, is with the partial deal, and they even consulted the Americans and said that they are with the partial deal, and that the comprehensive deal will now be almost impossible because Israel is imposing very difficult conditions that cannot be accepted, so we no longer have any choice but to continue with the partial deal.” Hamas was strong-armed into this deal, by the mediators and even by the other Palestinian factions. In Cairo Hamas held a meetings with representatives of other Palestinian factions who all supported the partial deal. They also met with the people from the Palestinian Reform Stream – the group supported by Mohammed Dahlan. The head of this group was recorded saying that Hamas should accept the deal on the table, even without reading it because the people of Gaza need this to end.
My response to Hamas this afternoon was: “Without firm US guarantees for ending the war Netanyahu will renew it after the 60 days ceasefire. If you want it to end, Hamas has to do two main things: feed the remaining hostages and give them medical treatment / don’t let them die, and make sure that there is a new Palestinian government in Gaza - not on paper but actually working.”
It seems that Israel will accept the deal. Israel will have to release 140 Palestinian prisoners serving life-sentences for killing Israelis. Israel will release another 60 Palestinian prisoners sentenced to more than 15 years. Israel will release about 190 bodies of Palestinians being held by Israel in return for 19 bodies of Israeli hostages. And Israel will release about another 1000 prisoners from Gaza (I assume that these will not include members of the Hamas Nukhba force). Humanitarian aid will be increased to 600 trucks a day including fuel, water, generators, and medical supplies. The Rafah crossing is supposed to be opened for two-way movement. It is not clear what kind of inspections will be at the crossing. I assume that Israel will totally reject that the crossing will be open without some form of reliable security checks. Maybe it will all go via the Kerem Shalom crossing point for Israeli security to do the checking.
In my opinion this is not a good deal -not for Israel and not for Gaza. But it is the deal that Hamas has approved and now it is in the hands of Netanyahu to accept it. Since Netanyahu wants to have the ability to continue the war beyond the 60 days, it is incumbent on the mediators (Qatar, Egypt and the USA) to ensure that the conditions are created for ending the war completely before the 60 days of ceasefire end. Hamas must feed the remaining hostages and give them proper medical attention – it can be done by the International Committee of the Red Cross which Hamas should be forced to accept. Hamas and the other Palestinian factions have to ensure that there is a new non-Hamas Palestinian government up and running before the end of 60 days. If these conditions are met, President Trump must then instruct Netanyahu to end the war. This seems to be the only way that all of the hostages will be returned home to Israel and that the war will finally end. Have no doubts, both sides will claim victory which is totally absurd because it is so clear that both sides have lost. link
GHF says it is launching new reserve system to help families with food collection
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation announces that it is launching a new system to enable families to reserve a box of aid in advance, in an effort to reduce the scenes of utter chaos at its distribution sites.
To date, aid has been distributed on a first-come-first serve basis, benefiting younger, healthier males who are able to weather the long, dangerous trek through IDF lines to reach GHF distribution sites.
GHF has tried to alleviate the inequity by establishing women’s-only distribution times, but more vulnerable populations continued to be neglected.
Under the new system, GHF’s local Palestinian staff will invite beneficiaries to participate. Those who opt in will have their photo taken and receive an ID card with a unique number on it.
Beneficiaries will have the option of also creating an online profile where they can input information such as household size.
Participants will then have their box of food set aside for them, eliminating the need to partake in the daily rush for aid.
All data will be securely stored and never shared, GHF stresses, in an attempt to alleviate concerns that their information will be shared with Israeli authorities with whom the aid organization closely coordinates.
The new initiative is voluntary and will operate in parallel to the existing first-come-first-served system, GHF says.
The new system will also enable GHF to directly communicate with participants regarding distribution times and other relevant updates, the US- and Israeli-backed organization says.
The initiative also appears to be the start of a registration process for GHF recipients, something that experts have long argued is essential.
While GHF has touted being able to distribute aid that does not reach Hamas, the free-for-all, chaotic scenes at distribution sites have seen boxes snatched within minutes, with no way to determine who has been benefiting from the aid.
“It has always been our plan to offer a way for families to reserve aid in advance and guarantee access, just as other aid organizations do,” says GHF executive director John Acree. “Until now, however, conditions on the ground have made implementation of such a program impossible. But with more aid flowing into Gaza and GHF’s deliveries helping stabilize food availability, conditions are improving.”
Still, GHF is only able to serve a small fraction of Gaza’s population of roughly two million, as it is currently only operating three sites in the entire Strip. Israeli and US officials have indicated that they plan to scale up GHF’s operations, but aid from other international organizations amounts to the bulk of assistance feeding Gazans.
- Palestinian reports: IDF strikes throughout Gaza
Palestinian reports: At least 25 killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes this morning
At least 25 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip this morning, according to medical sources cited by Palestinian media.
The tolls are not verified, and there has been no comment yet from Hamas authorities in the Strip. The IDF has not yet commented on the reports and says it is looking into the cases.
One drone strike overnight in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah reportedly hit a tent for displaced people, killing five, including a 1-year-old and two children ages 12 and 13, alongside two adults.
Another strike in Deir al-Balah this morning killed five people, according to Palestinian media.
In southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, Palestinian media report a strike that killed eight.
Syrian commission says over 300,000 may have gone missing under Assad family rule
DAMASCUS, Syria — The head of Syria’s commission for missing persons says the number of people who went missing during decades of Assad family rule and the civil war may have exceeded 300,000.
Mohammed Reda Jalkhi, head of the commission created in May, says the body’s mandate ranged from 1970, the year Hafez al-Assad took power, to the present day and had no timeframe for completing its work.
“Our estimates of the number of missing range between 120,000 and 300,000 people, and it could be more,” he tells state news agency SANA.
Tens of thousands of people were detained or disappeared during the Syrian civil war alone, which erupted in 2011 after a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests by former president Bashar al-Assad, who was ousted in December 2024.
During the war, all sides were accused of atrocities, including the Islamic State jihadist group, which seized large swathes of Syria and neighboring Iraq, enforcing a strict interpretation of Islamic law and committing widespread abuses, including executions.
Bashar al-Assad ruled with an iron fist, like his predecessor, his father Hafez, who took power in a bloodless military coup.
The family’s rule was among the most brutal in the region, and its prison system, including feared sites such as Saydnaya, was notorious for disappearing people without a trace.
“We have a map that includes more than 63 documented mass graves in Syria,” he says, without providing details on where they were located, who dug them or who was thought to be buried there.
He says work was underway to establish a data bank for missing persons.
Syria’s new authorities have pledged justice for victims of atrocities committed under Assad’s rule.
**There is nothing more important than getting them home! NOTHING!**
“I’ve never met them,But I miss them. I’ve never met them,but I think of them every second. I’ve never met them,but they are my family. BRING THEM HOME NOW!!!”
We’re waiting for you, all of you.
A deal is the only way to bring
all the hostages home- the murdered for burial and the living for rehabilitation.
A deal is the only way to bring
all the hostages home- the murdered for burial and the living for rehabilitation.
#BringThemHomeNow #TurnTheHorrorIntoHope
#BringThemHomeNow #TurnTheHorrorIntoHope
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Gaza and the South
Activists cross border aiming to establish settlement in Syria; IDF brings them back
A group of settler activists, along with their young children, crossed the border into Syria earlier today in an attempt to establish a new settlement.
The military says troops were dispatched to the scene, across from the border town of Alonei Habashan, after several civilian vehicles were seen crossing into Syria.
“IDF troops at the scene returned the civilians safely to the territory of the State of Israel after a short time,” the military says, adding that they were called in for questioning by police.
“The IDF emphasizes that this is a grave incident that constitutes a criminal offense and endangers the public and IDF troops,” the army adds.
i24news first reported the case, identifying the group of activists as the “Bashan Pioneers,” named after the biblical name for the Golan Heights and southern Syria region.
According to the report, the organizers planned to stay inside Syrian territory, with their children, for a prolonged period, and establish a new settlement named “Nave Habashan.”
Since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December, the IDF has been deployed to nine posts inside southern Syria, mostly within the UN-patrolled buffer zone.
In December, a group of settler activists entered Lebanese territory — in an area under Israeli control at the time — in an attempt to set up a settlement, before being cleared by the IDF.
Support for Jewish settlement in Syria and Lebanon remains very small, and no politicians or major figures outside of fringe settler groups have called for their establishment.
This is in contrast to calls throughout the ongoing war to settle Gaza, an idea that has relatively broad support from much of the Israeli far-right, most notably Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, both of whom have repeatedly advocated for the idea. Video Although this may have been a somewhat rogue operation of the settlers, it is indicative of what their actual goals are and what they have said publicly. Their immediate goals are full occupation of Gaza followed by annexation and expulsion of all Palestinians to set up only Jewish settlements in all of Gaza. This goal is in conjunction with their overriding goal for many years of doing the same in all of the West Bank. During the war in Lebanon and the change of regime in Syria, they publicly stated that they want to do the same in both of those countries. For them, it's as though the populations of both of those countries don't exist and we can walk in, take over, get rid of whoever is there, annex them to Israel and set up settlements. If it wasn't so real, we would think we are reading a science fiction novel; it is so surreal but these messianics believe that they are entitled to it all. It doesn't matter to them the impacts to Israel, diplomatically, economically, militarily, socially; not as long as they are able to continue fulfilling their mission of taking everything and getting rid of everyone else. The word colonialism is not in their lexicon. It is replaced with God's will, or what they have determined to be God's will. I have no idea what god has claimed that as his/her will, but it certainly isn't the God of the Jewish people who supposedly values life above all else including land.
In normal times, we would say that they are delusional and their plans and goals will forever stay in their dreams. However, these last years have shown the desperation of Netanyahu to remain prime minister and therefore normalized these extremists and their aberational goals of colonialism without regard to the impacts and the will of the majority of the Israeli public. Settlement expansion, annexation, 'voluntary emigration'/expulsion of Palestinians, were all seen as being totally unacceptable to the US Administration and therefore not even in the realm of serious discussion. That has changed and the tail wags the dog in Israel, with a weak and cowardly autocratic leader being led down the path of hell by his extremist coalition members and then wrapping the US president around his little finger to get his to support all of Netanyahu's not normal actions and behavior. The only person that Netanyahu needs to stay on his good side and continuously get this green light to act is Trump, everyone else be damned including the majority of the citizens of Israel.
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- The hostage protests have become a referendum on Netanyahu
Opinion: Hundreds of thousands of Israelis take to the streets in rejection of Netanyahu, as protesters accuse him of prolonging the Gaza war to protect his political survival at the expense of Israel’s national interest
The solidarity with the hostages held in Gaza was, without doubt, the main reason hundreds of thousands of Israelis poured into Tel Aviv’s streets on Sunday night. It was the central motive, but not the only one. What drove people out of their air-conditioned homes was also the deep, sweeping disdain for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.An estimated 99% of those who crowded the streets and the square believe he wants the war in Gaza to continue solely so he can remain in office, at least while he is still on trial. Fewer than one in six Israelis say Netanyahu is a trustworthy politician. His credibility has been low before—few have forgotten his zigzags over the 2005 Gaza disengagement—but never has it sunk to such depths. The suspicion that initially marked hostage-related protests has now turned into open fury. Simply mentioning his name was enough to trigger boos and jeers, even from the most restrained demonstrators. The protest was unmistakably political, classic politics. The reasons are clear: Netanyahu’s evasions, falsehoods, manipulations, frequent capitulations to messianic fringe parties and endless incitement have objectively crushed his Take one example. When Netanyahu insisted that only a partial hostage deal was possible, he was accused of deception and pressed to pursue a comprehensive agreement that would free all the captives—whatever the cost. Yet more recently, when he finally adopted (at least temporarily) the idea of a single all-inclusive deal, he was again accused of bad faith and urged to put forward a genuine Israeli proposal for ending the war. When he did so, with a detailed plan, the response was that this too was insincere and another act of evasion.Protest for the release of hostages in Tel Aviv (Photo: Motti Kimchi) Another example: protest leaders charge that Netanyahu himself blocks a deal by declaring that once the last hostage is returned, Israel will consider itself free to resume military action against Hamas, regardless of any prior commitments. Hamas, they argue, would never agree to a deal guaranteed to be broken. Yet senior former IDF commanders have said the same thing when asked how Israel could sign a hostage deal that leaves Hamas in control of Gaza: Israel, they reply, can sign any paper it likes to secure the hostages and then seize the first opportunity to resume fighting. So what is the difference? Words are not the issue—intentions are. No one believes Netanyahu, not a single word, not a single explanation. From the start he has been suspected of being ready to stage any political maneuver—even military ones, including taking over Gaza City—if he thinks it serves his personal interests. The distrust most Israelis feel toward Netanyahu—on the left, right, ultra-Orthodox and among Arab-Israelis—has been fully earned through his actions and his words. To civil society, the remarkable backbone of Israel, Netanyahu has become a symbol of rotten, corrupt, unrestrained and morals-free politics. What united the hundreds of thousands who protested on Sunday, and in previous demonstrations, was the largely quiet but unmistakable political cry: “Anyone but Netanyahu.” As for myself, I stopped trusting Netanyahu as a journalist years ago, even when I occasionally supported his decisions. When Netanyahu says “good morning,” I instinctively turn on the light in my apartment because I assume night has fallen. Is that a political reaction or simply the lesson of reality? Readers can judge for themselves. link for anyone who thinks that I am single mindedly against Netanyahu and blame him for everything bad in Israel today should take note that I am not alone. Most of the population doesn't trust him and knows him to be a consumate and pathological liar. So many eyes have been opened to who Netanyahu has always been through his actions, non-actions, lies, manipulations, and damage that he has caused the State of Israel throughout this war all in the name of staying in power. I do not know the author of this article but he is right on target as to what has happened and how people view Netanyahu. We can only hope that, when elections do come (the fear is that the question will change to 'if they come' due to the nature of the autocrat Netanyahu and his judicial overthrow efforts by this corrupt government), that Israeli voters will have learned the lesson of October 7 and the 2 years of mismanagement of the war and hostages, that the history of voters' short memories will not be the case this time around. We cannot allow anyone to forget who is responsible for and to blame for October 7 and the continuing non-stop trauma of the last 2 years. Netanyahu must be relegated to the history books and forever be known as the worst and most dangerous Prime Minister in the history of Israel. The full truth must come out through a State Commission of Inquiry and justice be done. Netanyahu should disappear from the public scene and view and never be allowed to be in any position of power or influence in any of our lives. In addition to this, his legacy of living by the sword must also be relegated to the past and we must have new leaders on both sides to make sure that this is the last war between Israel and Palestinians and way forward to peace be found and instituted. This must be the real lesson of October 7 and the horrendous losses on both sides must be given the honor of paving the way towards real peace, not continuous war.
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IJC - International Court of Justice in the Hague
MDA - Magen David Adom - Israel Ambulance Corp
PA - Palestinian Authority - President Mahmud Abbas, aka Abu Mazen
PMO- Prime Minister's Office
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