--- title: "Netanyahu: ‘No one will preach to me’" type: "post" post_id: "7051" slug: "netanyahu-no-one-will-preach-to-me" canonical: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/09/05/netanyahu-no-one-will-preach-to-me/" markdown_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/09/05/netanyahu-no-one-will-preach-to-me.md" json_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/09/05/netanyahu-no-one-will-preach-to-me.json" txt_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2024/09/05/netanyahu-no-one-will-preach-to-me.txt" published: "2024-09-05T16:59:13+00:00" modified: "2024-09-05T16:59:13+00:00" author: "penny2" categories: - "Uncategorized" tags: - "Israel" site_name: "PFYT2" publisher: "" language: "en-US" generator: "easyPress Markdown" generator_version: "1.0.6" --- **You may have noticed there were very large protests in Israel- demanding a ceasefire??** > Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday pushed back against a new wave of pressure to reach a cease-fire deal in Gaza after hundreds of thousands of Israelis protested and went on strike > > In his first public address since Sunday’s mass protests showed many Israelis’ furious response to the discovery of **six more dead hostages,** Netanyahu said **he will continue to insist on a demand that has emerged as a major sticking point in talks** — continued Israeli control of the Philadelphi corridor, a narrow band along Gaza’s border with Egypt where Israel contends Hamas smuggles weapons into Gaza. Egypt and Hamas deny it. > > And he added: “***No one is more committed to freeing the hostages than me. … No one will preach to me on this issue.’*** **There hasn’t been a single indication from Netanyahu, in my opinion, that he has any serious goal to free the hostages- Netanyahu and the allies in his government have put up every roadblock imaginable to get a ceasefire and free hostages**