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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: “I obtained agreement to release of all 107 Israeli hostages..."
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Yesterday: Middle East Director, Int'l Communities Organization -ICO, Author, Negotiator, Award winning Times of Israel Columnist and Al Quds Newspaper- Gershon Baskin🟣 جرشون باسكين גרשון בסקין: "I started negotiating with Hamas a week after the abduction of Gilad Schalit in June 2006. Two and a half months later, after two visits to Hamas in Gaza, I was able to produce a letter in Schalit's handwriting - a sign of life and proof that there is a channel that leads to those holding him. Then our "system" told me to cease. I stayed in touch with Hamas over years. In July 2010, I received a request from Ahmed Jabari that Hamas was ready to resume the talks according to the German proposal. I sent it over to the people in charge in Israel, and it didn't interest them at all - they kept saying: We are waiting for an answer from Hamas. When David Meidan was appointed the hostage coordinator, I approached him and he decided to activate me, and thus the secret direct back channel was created. At that time, Netanyahu approved the channel without knowing that I was running it. In the middle of July 2011, I achieved the breakthrough that led to the release of Gilad Schalit. In May of this year, I managed to convince our system to activate me again, I started sending messages and receiving answers officially and directly, but after two weeks the system informed me to "stop". In my estimation, Netanyahu found out that I was operating a direct and secret channel that was very active and did not want such a channel. About two weeks ago, the hostage families' forum asked me to try to conduct a direct negotiation with Hamas on their behalf. That's what I did, and within two weeks I obtained agreement to a three-week deal - the release of all 107 Israeli hostages, the end of the war, an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, and an agreed release of the names and number of Palestinian prisoners. The entire Hamas leadership agrees to this outline, but our Netanyahu does not want to end the war. This is the situation today - Saturday, August 31, 2024" |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: ‘Mr. Death’: Hostage families say Netanyahu has condemned their loved
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above: inav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan, speaks at a press conference outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on August 31, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90) August 31, 2024 ‘Mr. Death’: Hostage families say Netanyahu has condemned their loved ones to die "Hamas says PM’s insistence on keeping presence in Philadelphi Corridor is jamming talks; negotiator in Gilad Shalit deal claims he privately reached potential agreement with Hamas Several family members of hostages held by Hamas accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday of knowingly condemning the hostages to death, after reports indicated the premier is prioritizing keep forces on the Philadelphi Corridor between Gaza and Egypt over bringing back Israel’s captives. In a statement outside IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, relatives said, “Netanyahu and his partners in the cabinet decided to torpedo the [hostage-ceasefire] deal due to the Philadelphi spin, and as such are knowingly condemning the hostages to death.” Einav Zangauker, mother of Hamas hostage Matan Zangauker, said Netanyahu’s actions are “a crime against the people, against the State of Israel and against Zionism. Netanyahu is not Mr. Security, he is Mr. Death. He is undermining the deal in cold blood.” The statements came after Netanyahu reportedly told ministers that he views keeping an Israeli presence in the Corridor as taking precedence over saving the hostages held by Hamas. The security cabinet voted Thursday to back Netanyahu’s position in favor of maintaining Israeli military presence along the border as part of any potential deal, with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant being the sole objector. Former Israel Defense Forces intelligence chief Amos Yadlin condemned that vote on Saturday, telling Channel 12 news that the decision serves as an admission by the government that it will not uphold its “moral obligation” to bring home women, children and the elderly “who were kidnapped from their homes” on October 7, as well as captive soldiers. “The hostages have been abandoned,” Yadlin said, calling the government’s stance “unacceptable.” He added that every Israeli should “go out and demonstrate” on Saturday against what he called a “scandalous” situation. Mass rallies were held Saturday evening calling on the government to reach a deal. The rallies also expressed a general anti-government sentiment, with a particular focus this week on Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s renewed efforts to advance his controversial judicial agenda that spurred mass protests last year before war broke out on October 7. Protesters call for a hostage deal and demonstrate against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the government in Tel Aviv, on August 31, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Hamas says Philadelphi stance preventing deal Anonymous Hamas officials told Saudi outlet Asharq News Saturday that the Israeli demand to remain on the Philadelphi Corridor was preventing the negotiations for a hostage-ceasefire deal from advancing, adding that the lauded negotiation summit held in Doha earlier this month did not actually bring forth breakthroughs on any of the key issues. Israel is demanding that five surveillance points be kept along the Philadelphi Corridor, 300-400 meters within southern Gaza’s Rafah, the officials said, calling the demand a “complete closure of the negotiating door.” “The Philadelphi Corridor is the main issue in the negotiations between us and Israel. When Netanyahu voted in favor of keeping the army on the route, he wanted to end negotiations and continue the war,” they said. The Saudi report also said that major disagreements remain over the Israeli presence on the Netzarim Corridor and the Israeli demand for a veto over which Palestinian prisoners would be released if a deal were reached. Shalit negotiator claims he reached a deal Gershon Baskin, a key negotiator in the deal that led to the release of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit from Hamas captivity in 2011, told Channel 12 on Saturday that he had been privately negotiating with the terror group at the request of hostage families and had reached a deal with them. Gershon Baskin holds the draft agreement between Israel and Hamas for the release of Gilad Shalit at his home in Jerusalem, October 12, 2011 (Kobi Gideon/Flash90 “I received confirmation from Hamas that the organization’s entire leadership supports the proposed framework: ending the war in exchange for the release of all the hostages, alongside the release of Palestinian prisoners and an Israeli retreat from Gaza,” he said in an interview. “This is a framework that has existed for a long time.” Baskin said he had informed the mediators — Egypt, Qatar and the US — of Hamas’s acceptance of the framework. “I asked they take this framework instead of the not good framework they’ve been working on for over two months, and [instead support] a framework that will bring us back all the hostages.” Baskin added, however, that he has not received support from Israel for his framework. “The first and clearest response I received last night was that the prime minister opposes ending the war… I understand him, Israel has real security considerations that must be taken care of. But it should also be understood what the prime minister refuses to understand: defeating Hamas isn’t a military act but a diplomatic act.” Baskin’s seemingly unauthorized negotiation is not without precedent. He acted similarly after Shalit was kidnapped, unilaterally making use of his connections with Hamas officials to eventually bring about the deal that saw Shalit released after five years in captivity. Israeli officials had previously ruled out any deal that would prevent the country from resuming operations against Hamas when necessary. It is believed that 103 of the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 remain in Gaza, including the bodies of 33 confirmed dead by the IDF. Hamas released 105 civilians during a weeklong truce in late November, and four hostages were released before that. Eight hostages have been rescued by troops alive, and the bodies of 31 hostages have also been recovered, including three mistakenly killed by the military as they tried to escape their captors. Hamas is also holding two Israeli civilians who entered the Strip in 2014 and 2015, as well as the bodies of two IDF soldiers who were killed in 2014. |
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From: mitra, [DNS_Address]
Subject: .Hostages found killed just before rescue. Thank Hamas.(NT)
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55347
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: News anchor Yaron Avraham, in tears
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We Are All Hostages@AllHostages News anchor Yaron Avraham, in tears: "I'm not supposed to say this on the air, but each one of the recovered hostages who were murdered, had one bullet in their head, and one in the back of their neck." He went on to say: "A senior official whom I trust, said to me, unequivocally, that the military pressure as it is right now, causes hostages to be killed, it's difficult for me to say this, but that is the truth." ----------------------------------- We Are All Hostages@AllHostages We're a group of hostage families in Israel demanding our government do a deal. Supporting us means calling to end to the war. In Israel: @Kulanu_Hatufim |
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From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: News anchor Yaron Avraham, in tears
| "I know what America is," Netanyahu said. "America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction. They won't get in the way." |
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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Not only will we not get in the way, we'll pave the way for war crimes(NT)
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55342
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Thank war criminal Netanyahu as well - he knew the consequences
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Netanyahu is a partner in terrorism and death why do people like Mitra pretend Netanyahu bears no responsibility? Why does she pretend the decades-long occupation and oppression by Israel of the Palestinian people hasn't & doesn't exist? Mehdi Hasan reposted Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي@NTarnopolsky · 9h 💥At Netanyahu's explicit order, in a surprise vote on Friday at 2 am, the Israeli security cabinet voted to remain at the Philadelphi Corridor at the expense of the Israeli hostages. They were found murdered very close to the site at which Farhan Alkadi was found alive days ago. Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي @NTarnopolsky · 10h 💥They survived almost 11 months as hostages, and, per @IDFSpokesperson, were apparently murdered as their captors heard IDF soldiers advancing towards them in the tunnels under Rafah. Remember, it's Netanyahu's explicit policy to "keep increasing military pressure on Hamas." |
55344
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: & thank the United States for enabling war criminal Netanyahu
| who originally propped up Hamas... remember? |
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From: mitra, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Netanyahu: Who murders hostages does not want a deal
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You accuse me of support for Netanyahu when I have repeatedly criticized his policies and activities. Why do you think Netanyahu bears all responsibility? According to your posts Hamas does not exist, or is helpless against IDF, instead of shooting, bombing and continuing this war. As to the occupation... outside of the initial territory, Israel does not occupy what they have not gained through wars started by opposition. If you want to stop encroachment by Israel stop fighting, shooting, bombing civilians, terrorizing. How does Hamas expect to restock their arsenal? Through the Philadelphi corridor. What could be the motivation of the IDF to control that? (Gee, where are the rocket scientists when we need them.) Stop the war maybe? Why does Hamas want to restock? To keep the war going. Eliminate Hamas. Hamas pulled the trigger rather than let the hostages be rescued. It's a gift to Netanyahu, for Hamas showed who they are, again, and provides rationale for a total victory policy, and that Hamas cannot be trusted to run any kind of government. Note to Akira: Eliminate Hamas does not equate to shooting innocents, journalists, aid workers, starving a population, or any war crime upon the Palestinian people by their own government-Hamas and Israel. |
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