from PressTV
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, along with his hawkish ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, obstructed Gaza ceasefire talks multiple times, according to former US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller.
An investigation by Israel’s Channel 13 found that while Joe Biden’s administration kept blaming Hamas for the failure, Netanyahu and his allies “systematically” obstructed Gaza ceasefire talks.
Miller also confirmed the findings, according to the report.
“We had no broad mandate. At times, it was zero,” he admitted. He explained that conditions shifted suddenly, sometimes even as US envoys boarded planes.
He said Washington knew Israel was undermining ceasefire efforts but chose silence.
The Biden administration chose not to confront Netanyahu, fearing that public criticism would “strengthen Hamas,” according to Miller.
The report also documented how Netanyahu placed new conditions whenever talks neared success.
Netanyahu’s cabinet resisted ceasefire terms and repeatedly reset negotiations, it added.
These moves, according to the investigation, denied Israeli captives held in Gaza a chance at early release and prolonged the genocide in the besieged territory where nearly 62,300 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli regime.
Miller recalled that the US sometimes had to intervene directly to prevent Netanyahu from backtracking...
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