What appears true to me, based on all the information available
1- Israel doesn’t want a ceasefire
2- Israel’s government does not have as a priority the hostages return
This latest rubbish is just more of the same- No matter how much the US gives to Israel, on a silver platter, their face saving ploy is hitting them like an embarrassing cream pie in the face. Like a stinging slap. Israel’s government is unconcerned with how pathetic the US looks in the eyes of the world. They simply don’t care. What’s worse is the US administration only has themselves to blame for this very public humiliation.
US criticises Israeli PM’s ‘maximalist’ ceasefire stance
A senior US administration official has pushed back at reported comments by Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing the Israeli prime minister of making “maximalist statements” that are “not constructive to getting a ceasefire deal across the finish line”.
It comes in the midst of an intense round of regional diplomacy by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as Washington tries to drive forward progress on a ceasefire and hostage release deal.
According to an Israeli media report, Mr Netanyahu later told a meeting of hostage families that he “convinced” Mr Blinken that the deal must see Israeli troops remaining in areas of Gaza he described as “strategic military and political assets”, including along the southern border with Egypt.
The reported comments appear to have irritated the US administration.
“We saw the prime minister’s comments, specifically on some of these items,” said the senior official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
“We’re certainly not going to negotiate in public but what I can say is that the only thing Secretary Blinken and the United States are convinced of is the need for getting a ceasefire proposal across the finish line.”
“I would also just add that maximalist statements like this are not constructive to getting a ceasefire deal across the finish line and they certainly risk the ability of implementing level, working level and technical talks to be able to move forward when both parties agree to a bridging proposal.”
Israel gives the US “the finger” Very obviously. Very plainly. Sometimes known as flipping someone off- Anyway, you get the idea?