|
Blaming UN vote, Israel pulls negotiators from Qatar after Hamas rejects truce deal
[IsraelTimes] Prime Minister’s Office points to ’damage’ caused by Security Council resolution, as Gazoo terror group digs in on demands Israel calls ’delusional’Israel on Tuesday recalled its negotiating team from Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... after Hamas  ...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...rejected its latest offer in talks on a hostage deal and truce, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel. The delegation had been in Doha for eight days. However, there's more than one way to skin a cat... several news outlets reported that a small Mossad team remained in Qatar to continue talks. The Prime Minister’s Office would not comment on the reports. Majed al-Ansari, a spokesperson for Qatar’s Foreign Ministry, told news hounds that negotiations on a truce in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... were still ongoing, without providing details. In a statement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Hamas’s decision to reject a US-brokered compromise is "clear proof it is not interested in continuing talks, and a sad testament to the damage caused by the UN Security Council resolution," referring to a call for a ceasefire passed Monday night that the US did not veto, thus enabling its passage. The PMO accused Hamas of retreating to its "extreme demands," including a complete end to the war and full IDF withdrawal from Gaza. "Israel will not cave to Hamas’s delusional demands," it said. A diplomatic official quoted by Hebrew-language media said Hamas demanded that Gazooks be given carte blanche to return to their homes in the north of the Strip and did not even address a hostage release. "There is no one to talk to on the other side and the Israeli negotiating team has nothing to do in Qatar," the source was quoted as saying. Hamas said on Monday night that it had informed mediators that it will stick to its original position on demanding a permanent ceasefire, the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, a return of displaced Paleostinians, and a "real" exchange of "prisoners" — demands Israel has repeatedly rejected as delusional. While the terror group has conditioned any further hostage releases on an Israeli commitment to end the war, Israel has insisted that its military campaign to destroy Hamas’s military and governance capabilities will resume once any hostage-truce deal is implemented. Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in a radio interview Tuesday morning that the US decision to withhold a veto on the Security Council resolution would hurt Israel in talks to free its hostages. Katz drew a direct line between Hamas’s rejection of Israeli terms for a truce and hostage deal in exchange for prisoners and the US decision to allow the Security Council resolution to pass, which he called "a moral and ethical mistake." "Hamas is building on the fact that... there will be a ceasefire without it needing to pay a thing," he said. Katz said Israel will now need to up the military pressure to prove its commitment to releasing the hostages and taking down Hamas. "In our view, there was a message, a no-good message, to anyone on Hamas’s side that the US does not support Israel as much, and so we need to prove, militarily, that we will stand by our goals," he said. Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer told Bloomberg TV on Tuesday that the US decision gave Hamas reason to believe "they’re going to get a ceasefire without giving up the hostages." Saying the war is in "the home stretch," Dermer implored the US to "stand with us, let us finish the job, and let’s get to a day after where can have a real grinding of the peace processor that can give hope not only to Israelis, but also to Paleostinians." The Security Council resolution demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages taken by Gazan terrorists on October 7. The US abstained, and the 14 other council members voted for the resolution, backed by Russia and China, that called for a ceasefire without conditioning it on the release of hostages. In a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office after the adoption of the resolution, Israel warned that the US decision to abstain was harming the war effort against Hamas and undermining attempts to free hostages. The statement called the decision “a clear retreat from the consistent US position in the Security Council since the beginning of the war,” and one that “gives Hamas hope that international pressure will allow them to get a ceasefire without releasing our hostages.” Hamas rejection preceded Security Council vote, US says, blasting PM for ‘playing politics’ Then why bother going through the UNSC vote? Related: Hostage deal: 2024-03-25 Jordanians marching on Israeli embassy clash with police, call to ‘bomb Tel Aviv’ Hostage deal: 2024-03-24 Weekly anti-gov’t, hostage protests draw on Purim themes with thousands in attendance Hostage deal: 2024-03-23 UNSC fails to pass US resolution calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza Posted by: trailing wife 2024-03-27 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=695235 |