Netanyahu sabotaged Gaza truce talks multiple times: Matthew Miller

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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US backs Israeli invasion of Syria

from RT

Washington has defended Israel’s military incursion into Syria, with State Department spokesman Matthew Miller stressing that the operation is in self-defense. At a press briefing on Monday, Miller claimed that the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) advance to the Syrian side of the Golan Heights was done to prevent Syrian-based militants from taking over the border areas and launching an offensive into Israel in the future.

Israeli troops moved into the demilitarized buffer zone in the occupied Golan Heights on Sunday, after Syrian opposition forces seized Damascus and forced former President Bashar Assad to flee the country. On Monday, Israeli forces moved beyond the buffer zone and into Syria proper, with Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz saying they intend to create a new “security area” there that would be clear of “heavy strategic weapons and terrorist infrastructure.”

According to Miller, by abandoning its positions in the area around the buffer zone, the Syrian Army “potentially created a vacuum” that could be filled by terrorist organizations.

 “That would threaten the state of Israel and would threaten civilians inside Israel. Every country has the right to take action against terrorist organizations,” Miller stated, adding that “ultimately, it’s important that there is security along that border,” which, according to him, the Israeli military can now ensure....

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Journalist exposes US official for U-turn on ultimatum to Israel

from Janta Ka Reporter