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Speaker 2: Hello, and welcome to it could happen here. This is
Speaker 2: Sharene and today we are going to be talking about
Speaker 2: the current quote unquote peace plan that was presented by
Speaker 2: the US and what they say is their attempt to
Speaker 2: end the genocide in Rasee. They call it a war,
Speaker 2: and I call it what it is, which is a genocide.
Speaker 2: Earlier this month, Joe Biden announced what he claimed was
Speaker 2: an Israeli peace plan to bring about an eventual ceasefire
Speaker 2: in Jsee. But according to journalists and anyone with eyes,
Speaker 2: the new plan is almost indistinguishable from previous plans proposed
Speaker 2: by Hamas. We're going to get into the details of
Speaker 2: the US plan in a little bit, but first I
Speaker 2: want to address the immense loss of Palestinian life that
Speaker 2: has led up to this plan, because if the plan
Speaker 2: is successful, it would usher in a ceasefire to a
Speaker 2: genocide that has killed more than thirty seven thousand Palestinians,
Speaker 2: which is a very low estimate, and the majority of
Speaker 2: these deaths are women and children. Only have Palestinian children
Speaker 2: been brutally slaughtered for months, but Rauzza now has the
Speaker 2: largest population of child amputees in the world. In November,
Speaker 2: Children and RAZDA hosted a press conference in English to
Speaker 2: beg the world for life. It's June now, and all
Speaker 2: we've seen since then is massacre after massacre. And while
Speaker 2: I think drawing attention to the children and the women
Speaker 2: who have been slaughtered is immensely necessary and important, I
Speaker 2: also want to emphasize that Palestinian men are not expendable,
Speaker 2: and not mentioning the immense loss that we have suffered
Speaker 2: across the board with men included, implies to the world
Speaker 2: that Arab men are not worth mourning, not worth saving
Speaker 2: nor protecting, that they are all terrorists or terrorists to
Speaker 2: be who are simply killed as casualties in the quote
Speaker 2: fog of war. I also think that the mention of
Speaker 2: children is specifically used as a way to at least
Speaker 2: try to make the world empathize and fucking feel something
Speaker 2: about the lives that have been stolen. Parents literally hold
Speaker 2: up the limp and decapitated bodies of their babies in
Speaker 2: its broadcasts worldwide. And yet the dehumanization of Arabs runs
Speaker 2: so deep that such graphic displays of horror and death
Speaker 2: are considered normal. No one bats an eye. It is
Speaker 2: insane that two hundred and seventy four Palestinians were slaughtered
Speaker 2: for four prisoners of war who could have been released
Speaker 2: in a prisoner exchange exchanges and deals that Israel has
Speaker 2: repeatedly rejected. We will get into this more in this episode.
Speaker 2: And people are celebrating this shameful military operation which US
Speaker 2: troops were a part of, and ignoring the Palestinians that
Speaker 2: were killed and murdered in the process, further emphasizing that
Speaker 2: Palestinian life is not as important as Israeli life by
Speaker 2: a huge margin. In in case you didn't hear the
Speaker 2: details about this operation that I'm talking about, US and
Speaker 2: Israeli troops infiltrated a refugee camp in trucks disguised as
Speaker 2: humanitarian aid to trojan horse their way into further massacreing
Speaker 2: and maiming people who were already being forcibly starved. Are
Speaker 2: you hearing this one more time? They infiltrated a refugee
Speaker 2: camp and trucks disguised as humanitarian aid. Israeli special forces
Speaker 2: were also disguised as Palestinian refugees looking for a place
Speaker 2: to live. When they entered the buildings where they thought
Speaker 2: the hostages were being held. Remember in January when there
Speaker 2: was also video evidence of the IOF pretending to be
Speaker 2: medical staff in a hospital and then shooting and killing
Speaker 2: unarmed doctors, nurses, and patients. Oh and then there was
Speaker 2: the discovery of at least three mass graves at Elshiffa Hospital,
Speaker 2: where bodies, including many wearing scrubs, were found zip tied
Speaker 2: and buried in piles. Israel has been doing this for
Speaker 2: months and years and decades, and they've been getting away
Speaker 2: with it for months and years and decades. No one
Speaker 2: is hiding how they feel anymore. They are out here
Speaker 2: showing us with their actions. It's not ambiguous, it is
Speaker 2: not confusing. They are making it very simple. They are
Speaker 2: making it crystal clear. Palestinians do not matter, and Israel's
Speaker 2: intention is to continue their ethnic cleansing of Palestine. What's
Speaker 2: happening in Lza is not about the hostages, and it
Speaker 2: has never been about the hostages. If that isn't clear
Speaker 2: to you by now, you have not been paying attention.
Speaker 2: A few things about the hostages. Hamas has repeatedly offered
Speaker 2: since last year to release all hostages in exchange for
Speaker 2: Israel releasing all Palestinian prisoners. As of November first. According
Speaker 2: to Human Rights Watch, Israel held nearly seven thousand Palestinians
Speaker 2: in its prisons, and many of those held captive by
Speaker 2: Israel are not convicted of any crime. At least three
Speaker 2: thousand and six hundred and sixty Palestinians being held in
Speaker 2: Israel are under what is called administrative detention. An administrative
Speaker 2: detainee is somewhat held in prison without charge nor trial
Speaker 2: without charge, no crime committed. I want to take a
Speaker 2: moment to bring up a report that came out recently
Speaker 2: that's not getting nearly enough attention. It's truly horrific, and
Speaker 2: I don't know how people are just glossing over it.
Speaker 2: But New York Times recently reported that Palestinians are being
Speaker 2: tortured and abused in Israeli prisons. Two journalists from the
Speaker 2: New York Times spent three months interviewing Israeli soldiers as
Speaker 2: well as Palestinians who were detained at one particular prison.
Speaker 2: I'm not going to pretend I know how to pronounce it.
Speaker 2: It's spelled sde space Tei m An said Teman. I'm
Speaker 2: just going to go with that. But essentially, Israel is
Speaker 2: carrying out a policy of systematic torture in this army base,
Speaker 2: and this army base has been used as a detention
Speaker 2: camp for Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. This was all
Speaker 2: confirmed by a New York Times investigation. Reports of abuse
Speaker 2: at this site had already emerged in both Israeli and
Speaker 2: Arab media, and this was followed by outcries from local
Speaker 2: and international rights groups about the horrific conditions there. Apparently,
Speaker 2: it was mainly used as a quote, makeshift interrogation center,
Speaker 2: but now it has become a major focus for the
Speaker 2: accusations that the Israeli military has mistreated its detainees, including
Speaker 2: people who were later determined to have no ties to
Speaker 2: Hamas or any other armed groups. The investigation revealed that
Speaker 2: at least twelve hundred Palestinian civilians were detained at this
Speaker 2: site in quote demeaning conditions, without the ability to plead
Speaker 2: their cases to adjudge for up to seventy five days
Speaker 2: and additionally denied access to lawyers for up to ninety days.
Speaker 2: Eight former detainees, all of whom the military confirmed were
Speaker 2: held at the site and spoke on the record, said
Speaker 2: they had been punched, kicked, and beaten with batons rifle
Speaker 2: butts and a handheld metal detector while they were in custody.
Speaker 2: Others said that they had been forced to wear a
Speaker 2: diaper while being interrogated, and that they had received electric
Speaker 2: shocks during their interrogation. According to The New York Times,
Speaker 2: most of these testimonies were corroborated by interviews conducted by
Speaker 2: officials from the unr WA, the UN Agency for Palistine Refugees.
Speaker 2: The agency interviewed hundreds of returning detainees who reported widespread
Speaker 2: abuse at this site, as well as other Israeli detention facilities,
Speaker 2: including the beatings and the use of an electric probe.
Speaker 2: An Israeli soldier who served at this site also disclosed
Speaker 2: to The New York Times that his fellow soldiers often
Speaker 2: bragged about beating detainees, and he observed many instances of
Speaker 2: such treatment. He was speaking on condition of anonymity to
Speaker 2: avoid prosecution, but he said a detainee had been taking
Speaker 2: for treatment at the site's makeshift field hospital with a
Speaker 2: bone that had been broken during his detention, while another
Speaker 2: person was briefly taken out of sight and then returned
Speaker 2: with bleeding around his rib cage. I strongly urge you
Speaker 2: to read the New York Times piece in full. It
Speaker 2: details the most horrific things I've read in recent memory.
Speaker 2: I would be remiss to not mention at least a
Speaker 2: few of them, just you understand the severity. But this
Speaker 2: report essentially proves that Palestinians are experiencing sexual violence and
Speaker 2: have experienced sexual violence in Israeli prisons. This is one example.
Speaker 2: Mister l Hemlowie, a senior nurse, said a female officer
Speaker 2: had ordered two soldiers to lift him up and press
Speaker 2: his rectum against a metal stick that was fixed to
Speaker 2: the ground. He said the stick penetrated his rectum for
Speaker 2: roughly five seconds, causing it to bleed and leaving him
Speaker 2: in unbearable pain. A leaked draft of the UNRWA report
Speaker 2: detailed at interview that gave a similar account. It cited
Speaker 2: a forty one year old detainee who said that interrogators
Speaker 2: made him sit on something like a hot metal stick
Speaker 2: that felt like fire, and he said that another detainee
Speaker 2: died after they put the electric stick up his anus.
Speaker 2: Doctor l Hemloui also recalled being forced to sit in
Speaker 2: a chair wired with electricity. He said he was shocked
Speaker 2: so often that after initially urinating uncontrollably. He then stopped
Speaker 2: urinating for several days. He said that he too had
Speaker 2: been forced to wear nothing but a diaper to stop
Speaker 2: him from soiling the floor. Ibrahim Shaheen, thirty eight, a
Speaker 2: truck driver, He said he was shocked roughly half a
Speaker 2: dozen times while sitting in a chair. Officers had accused
Speaker 2: him of concealing information about the location of dead hostages,
Speaker 2: which ended up having no connection to him at all.
Speaker 2: Another man, mister Beckett, said that he was also forces
Speaker 2: to in a chair wired with electricity, sending a current
Speaker 2: pulsing through his body that made him pass out. Mister
Speaker 2: Beckett also said, along with other detainees that corroborated this,
Speaker 2: he only received roughly three meager snacks on most days,
Speaker 2: mostly bred with small quantities of cheese or jam or tuna.
Speaker 2: The military said the food provisions had been approved by
Speaker 2: an authorized nutritionist in in order to maintain their health,
Speaker 2: but according to several of these detainees, that's not nearly enough,
Speaker 2: and they lost more than forty pounds during their detention. Again,
Speaker 2: I urge you to read the report in full. It
Speaker 2: needs more attention than it is getting, but it is
Speaker 2: horrific and this is proof of the vile mistreatment of Palestinians.
Speaker 2: And it's from the New York Times. If you need
Speaker 2: a source that you quote unquote trust more than an
Speaker 2: El Jazeera or something which makes no sense. But for
Speaker 2: those who do there it is. Now let's go back
Speaker 2: to the topic at hand. We were talking about the
Speaker 2: hostages and how Hamas had offered many times in the
Speaker 2: past to release all the hostages in exchange for releasing
Speaker 2: Palestinian prisoners, and despite Hamasa's offers, Israel has never agreed
Speaker 2: to any deal which involved the release of all Israeli hostages.
Speaker 2: On October ninth, two days after October seventh, Hamas offered
Speaker 2: to release all the civilian hostages in exchange for the
Speaker 2: IOF not entering the Gaza Strip, but Israel rejected that offer,
Speaker 2: and many hostages have died since then, which could have
Speaker 2: been avoided if Israel cared. A few stats. One hundred
Speaker 2: and five Israeli hostages were freed via a temporary ceasefire
Speaker 2: in November of last year. Four other hostages were released
Speaker 2: by Hamas. Three hostages were killed by IOWF quote friendly
Speaker 2: fire because the IOF considered them a threat as they
Speaker 2: were waving white flags. During four Israeli quote rescue missions,
Speaker 2: one hostage was killed one soldier was saved in what
Speaker 2: Israel called Operation Golden Hand. On February twelfth of this year,
Speaker 2: two hostages were saved and at least ninety four Palestinians
Speaker 2: were killed. And then on June eighth, what is now
Speaker 2: being called Operation are Non, four Israeli hostages were rescued
Speaker 2: and at least two hundred and seventy four Palestinians were killed.
Speaker 2: In a statement released after the attack, Hamas said, in
Speaker 2: exchange for them the four Israeli hostages, your own army
Speaker 2: killed three of your own captives in the same attack,
Speaker 2: one of them holding a US citizenship. And it must
Speaker 2: be mentioned that the Israeli attacks on Leis have also
Speaker 2: killed an unknown number of hostages in hamas captivity, as
Speaker 2: well as the at least thirty seven thousand Palestinians killed
Speaker 2: since October seventh. Relentlessly bombing a tiny strip of land
Speaker 2: or Israel knows its hostages are located doesn't really indicate
Speaker 2: that Israel gives a shit about the lives of the hostages.
Speaker 2: The hostages are pawns being used in a disgusting political game.
Speaker 2: And I have seen several unhinged and deranged comments about
Speaker 2: this latest operation, which again killed two undred seventy four
Speaker 2: Palestinians in including children, in the process of saving four hostages.
Speaker 2: The comments range in severity and psychopathy, but a lot
Speaker 2: of them are basically saying how else were they supposed
Speaker 2: to get the hostages back? And Israel must rescue its
Speaker 2: people by any means necessary, and that this is what
Speaker 2: you get when you mess with Israel. But after reading
Speaker 2: the previous numbers, it is an absolute fact that the
Speaker 2: only mass release of hostages has come through ceasefire and
Speaker 2: prisoner exchanges. More hostages have been killed by the Israeli
Speaker 2: army than rescued by them. A ceasefire deal means freed
Speaker 2: hostages without mass death. And so if Israel really cared
Speaker 2: about the lives of these hostages, why on earth wouldn't
Speaker 2: they agree to a deal that can guarantee their safety.
Speaker 2: I want to take a quick tangent only to mention
Speaker 2: that the number of Palestinians killed in Raze is most
Speaker 2: likely far, far greater than the reported number, because the
Speaker 2: infrastructure that was used to document the death toll has
Speaker 2: been decimated along with nearly everything else in Lesse. The
Speaker 2: number thirty seven thousand also does not include the thousands
Speaker 2: and thousands of Palestinians buried underneath rubble who are unable
Speaker 2: to be found nor retrieved. The Health Ministry's director of
Speaker 2: International Cooperation in the West Bank, doctor Yassir Bozzia, says
Speaker 2: he works closely with Ministry colleagues in Rose. When he
Speaker 2: spoke with NPR in late January from his office in Ramalla,
Speaker 2: he said and estimated ten thousand people were missing and
Speaker 2: presumed dead under the rubble in razz But even that
Speaker 2: number was low. It's like a snowball, he said. It's
Speaker 2: only an estimation. The actual number is much much higher.
Speaker 2: Bozzia and doctors Andrez say the death count published by
Speaker 2: the Health Ministry also largely excludes people who have died
Speaker 2: from a lack of adequate treatment, disease, and other impacts
Speaker 2: from the war, like hunger. The death toll only includes
Speaker 2: people killed by the occupation bombardment, he said. The Health
Speaker 2: Ministry described its casualty figures as those resulting from Israeli aggression. Bozzias,
Speaker 2: as a colleague in Graze told him that the only
Speaker 2: way to really know how many people have died is
Speaker 2: to count the number of people still alive compared with
Speaker 2: the population of Raze before October seventh. He said that
Speaker 2: because of the continued brutal genocide going on in Raze,
Speaker 2: it is impossible to have the real number. It will
Speaker 2: only be revealed after the violence has stopped. The death
Speaker 2: toll also does not make clear how many militants are
Speaker 2: among the dead. Israel says its forces have killed more
Speaker 2: than ten thousand fighters in Razze, but Israel has also
Speaker 2: not provided any sort of evidence or detailed information to
Speaker 2: back up its estimate. In every interview, every Israeli correspondent
Speaker 2: or spokesperson has given They always given number for the
Speaker 2: estimated fighters or terrorists killed in Razze, but they're very
Speaker 2: unsure about how many civilians have been killed. And now
Speaker 2: to go back to the US peace plan that is
Speaker 2: basically identical to previous peace plans proposed by and agree
Speaker 2: to buy Hamas. What does this US plan propose? This
Speaker 2: plan has three stages. The first stage proposes to involve
Speaker 2: a six week ceasefire, during which the Israeli army will
Speaker 2: withdraw from the populated areas of Razze, hostages including the
Speaker 2: elderly and women, would be exchanged for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
Speaker 2: Civilians would also return to all of Braze, with six
Speaker 2: hundred trucks carrying humanitarian aid flooding the enclaved daily. Biden
Speaker 2: said the second phase would see Hamas and Israel negotiate
Speaker 2: terms for a permanent end to hostilities. Biden said the
Speaker 2: ceasefire will still continue as long as negotiations continue. In
Speaker 2: the third phase, a permanent ceasefire would follow, facilitating the
Speaker 2: reconstruction of the Resids Strip, including sixty percent of clinics, schools, universities,
Speaker 2: and religious buildings damaged or destroyed by Israeli forces. This
Speaker 2: plan is nearly identical to a previous plan that Hamas
Speaker 2: had already agreed to on May sixth, a deal which
Speaker 2: Israel ended up rejecting. We will talk more about that
Speaker 2: deal later on, but for now, let's focus on the
Speaker 2: US's plagiarized version of this plan and who supports it.
Speaker 2: But first, let's take an head break and we'll be
Speaker 2: right back, Okay, And we are back so soon after
Speaker 2: the announcement of the US deal, Hamas said that it
Speaker 2: views the proposals in this deal positively. This week, US
Speaker 2: Secretary of State Anthony Blincoln tool arrived in the Middle
Speaker 2: East on his latest trip to the region, which he
Speaker 2: said will focus on Washington's Gaza truce proposal and the
Speaker 2: future of the Palestinian territory. B Lincoln met Egyptian President
Speaker 2: ELCSI and Cairo on Monday, repeating US calls for Hamas
Speaker 2: to accept the truce deal. Speaking to reporters before leaving Egypt,
Speaker 2: b Lincoln squarely blamed Haamas for prolonging the quote unquote war,
Speaker 2: saying that Hamas is an outlier in the region for
Speaker 2: not agreeing to the US deal. He told reporters, my
Speaker 2: message to governments throughout the region, to people throughout the region,
Speaker 2: if you want to cease fire, press Hamas to say yes.
Speaker 2: Blincoln arrived in Israel later on that same day and
Speaker 2: met with nan Yahu. He will further hold talks in
Speaker 2: Cutthoud and Jordan this week. The State Department said Blincoln
Speaker 2: reaffirmed the quote ironclad US commitment to Israel's security during
Speaker 2: his meeting with Nannyahu. A curious note is that while
Speaker 2: blincn portrayed the truce plan as Biden's proposal, when Biden
Speaker 2: made the deal public. Initially, he said it was an
Speaker 2: Israeli plan. This could be just a little slip because
Speaker 2: Biden is very old, or it could be a slip
Speaker 2: that just confirms what we've all known to be the
Speaker 2: case all along, that the US and Israel are one
Speaker 2: and the same, especially when it comes to their political
Speaker 2: interests in military power. And while US officials have insisted
Speaker 2: that Israel agreed to this proposal, various Israeli officials, including
Speaker 2: the n YAHOO, have vowed to continue fighting until the
Speaker 2: elimination of Hamas. Just days before Biden announced his initiative,
Speaker 2: a top Israeli officials said the military would fight in
Speaker 2: Jjsee until at least the end of the year. On
Speaker 2: the other hand, Hamas has said that it will only
Speaker 2: agree to a deal that would lead to a lasting
Speaker 2: end to the war and the full withdrawal of Israeli
Speaker 2: troops from Rasee. Hamas reiterated its position on Monday after
Speaker 2: its political chief Ismael Hanie, met with officials from the
Speaker 2: Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a smaller armed group in Duha. Hamas
Speaker 2: said in a statement. The two delegations discussed the indirect
Speaker 2: negotiations and efforts to end the war, stressing that any
Speaker 2: agreement must include a permanent ceasefire, comple leet withdrawal from
Speaker 2: the Gaza Strip, reconstruction, ending the siege, and a serious
Speaker 2: prisoner's exchange. Hamas previously called for a explicit commitment from
Speaker 2: Israel to a lasting ceasefire, and despite the lack of
Speaker 2: clarity in the Israeli position, Biden administration officials have repeatedly
Speaker 2: said that Hamas is the only hurdle to ending the
Speaker 2: war in Gaza. The US blaming Hamas for prolonging what
Speaker 2: it calls a quote unquote war again not a war,
Speaker 2: a genocide is ridiculous. Hamas has accepted previous peace deals.
Speaker 2: It has offered previous peace deals. Israel has been the
Speaker 2: one to reject them, and then the US comes along
Speaker 2: and just repackages one of these previously agreed on deals
Speaker 2: that Hamas had endorsed and has the audacity to then
Speaker 2: blame Hamas for obstructing peace. Give me a break. Additionally,
Speaker 2: the US truce plan does not outline plans for the
Speaker 2: future of Gaza after the war, but the US government
Speaker 2: has said that it would not accept Hama's rule in
Speaker 2: the territory The Biden administration says it wants a quote
Speaker 2: reformed Palestinian Authority aka the PA to eventually govern Gaza,
Speaker 2: but the Israeli government has ruled out allowing the occupied
Speaker 2: West Bank based PA to govern Huzze, with Natanyahu like
Speaker 2: inning FATA, the dominant faction in the PA to Hamas.
Speaker 2: Other support for the plan has come from some Israeli politicians,
Speaker 2: as well as the families of the hostages and the
Speaker 2: international community. Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel's three
Speaker 2: man war Cabinet and Prime Minister Benjamin and Yahu's principal rival,
Speaker 2: spoke positively of the proposal and asked his two colleagues
Speaker 2: in the war cabinet, Nan Yahoo and Defense Minister Yov Galant,
Speaker 2: to convene to discuss the quote next steps. Gance had
Speaker 2: previously threatened to leave the cabinet by June eighth if
Speaker 2: no plan for Gaza beyond the war had been agreed on,
Speaker 2: and on Sunday, June ninthly announced his resignation. Gans's resignation
Speaker 2: does not immediately pose a threat to Naanyahu, who still
Speaker 2: controls a majority coalition in parliament, but it does mean
Speaker 2: that the Israeli leader becomes more heavily reliant on his
Speaker 2: far right allies. Ganz said that the Enyaho was making
Speaker 2: quote total victory impossible and that the government needs to
Speaker 2: put a return of the hostages seized on October seventh
Speaker 2: by Hamas above political survival. Gans is a popular former
Speaker 2: military chief, and he joined the Nyahu's government shortly after
Speaker 2: the Hamas attack in a show of unity. His presence
Speaker 2: also boosted Israel's credibility with its international partners. Gans has
Speaker 2: good working relations with US officials. Ganz canceled a planned
Speaker 2: news conference the night of June eighth, after the for
Speaker 2: Israeli hostages were rescued from Gaza earlier in the day,
Speaker 2: which again was Israel's largest operations since October. Another reminder
Speaker 2: that two hundred and seventy four palest Indians, including children,
Speaker 2: were killed in the assault. Another Israeli politician who supported
Speaker 2: the US peace plan was opposition leader Yard Lipid, who
Speaker 2: also promised to support the plan, pledging support of his
Speaker 2: party yesh Atid, which translates from Hebrew to there is
Speaker 2: a future if those from ultranationalists and far right parties
Speaker 2: withdraw support. United Nations Secretary General Antonia Gutierrez also endorsed
Speaker 2: the plan, as have many of Israel's political allies, including
Speaker 2: the UK and Germany. So who doesn't like the plan.
Speaker 2: Much of the opposition to the peace Plan has come
Speaker 2: from within the Israeli cabinet. N Yahoo said any initiative
Speaker 2: that did not include a quote elimination of Hamas's capacity
Speaker 2: to govern and make war was a non starter. In
Speaker 2: his announcement on Friday May thirty first, Biden seemed to
Speaker 2: indicate that he regarded Hamas's presence within Gaza to have
Speaker 2: been so downgraded that a repeat of October seventh was impossible.
Speaker 2: As expected, the ultranationalists and extreme right members of Na
Speaker 2: Nyahu's right wing coalition, which includes it Tamar Bengavie and
Speaker 2: Bezileel Simotric, threaten to withdraw from the government and cause
Speaker 2: its collapse if the proposals were accepted. So as far
Speaker 2: as Israel's politics are concerned, it seems like the outcome
Speaker 2: may end up depending on what El Jazeira describes as
Speaker 2: quote parliamentary arithmetic. The far right in ultranationalist parties hold
Speaker 2: fourteen seats, while Gansa's block only has eight seats, meaning
Speaker 2: the far right has far more influence on a prime
Speaker 2: minister who wants to stay in power. As for Lapid,
Speaker 2: his seventeen seats are offered as support only in what
Speaker 2: pertains to the peace proposals. This leaves that in Yahoo
Speaker 2: reliant on the far right block. As far as the
Speaker 2: deal being accepted, that is still not clear. Despite what
Speaker 2: the US says, the families of Israeli hostages are putting
Speaker 2: pressure on the government to accept the deal, as are
Speaker 2: some parts of Israel's political class, but pressures to reject
Speaker 2: the deal are just as strong, and it will remain
Speaker 2: to be seen whether Ntan Yahoo chooses his own survival
Speaker 2: or the return of the hostages. But if one thing
Speaker 2: is clear, it is that Netan Yahoo does not really
Speaker 2: care about the hostages because the IOF under his command
Speaker 2: continues to bombard areas where the hostages can be held.
Speaker 2: And may I remind you that the IOWEF have already
Speaker 2: killed Israeli hostages that they have mistakenly identified as threats.
Speaker 2: Speaking of threats, I'm kidding. There is no ad break
Speaker 2: and there is no threat. That's the end of part
Speaker 2: one and if you want to listen to part two,
Speaker 2: tune in tomorrow talking about the history of Hamas and
Speaker 2: how we got here. So yeah, see you then three Palestine.
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