8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (2)
#20413189 at 2024-02-14 19:10:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #25043: Rally On Edition
Netanyahu Rejects Hostage Deal Deal Drawn Up By Mossad, Shin Bet, and IDF
Hostage deal talks ended in Egypt without any breakthrough as Netanyahu sent Israeli officials only to 'listen'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected an outline for a potential hostage deal with Hamas that was drawn up by Israel's Mossad spy agency, the Shin Bet security agency, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
According to The Times of Israel, the proposal was put together by Mossad chief David Barnea, Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, and Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon, an IDF officer in charge of intelligence efforts to find Israeli hostages in Gaza.
Details of the outline are unclear, but it was likely a response to Hamas's recent counteroffer for a 135-day truce to facilitate the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and a permanent ceasefire.
The proposal was discussed with Netanyahu several times, including during a prepatory meeting for hostage deal talks in Egypt that were held on Tuesday and attended by Barnea, CIA chief William Burns, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, and Egyptian officials.
The Times report said Netanyahu declined to present the new outline for a hostage deal at the talks and told Barnea to "only listen" and not put forward any new ideas. Netanyahu publicly rejected Hamas's latest offer and said "total victory" was the only option for Israel, and he is now preparing an invasion of Rafah.
According to President Biden, the deal that's on the table involves a six-week truce, but it's unclear if Hamas is receptive to the idea. A Hamas official speaking to AFP signaled the Palestinian group was still looking for a permanent ceasefire, saying Hamas was awaiting the outcome of the Cairo talks and was "open to discussing any initiative that achieves an end to aggression and war."
https://news.antiwar.com/2024/02/13/netanyahu-rejects-hostage-deal-deal-drawn-up-mossad-shin-bet-and-idf/
#13024147 at 2021-02-22 19:20:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16588: Trump Will Speak At CPAC Edition
Ex-IDF generals, top Mossad officials urge Biden to return to Iran deal
Former senior defense officials express support for Biden's position not to lift Iran sanctions unless it returns to 2015 deal
A group of former top officials from the Israel's Atomic Energy Commission, the IDF and the Mossad sent a letter on Monday to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing support for a US return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
Led by former deputy IDF chief of staff Matan Vilnai, Commanders for Israel's Security said in the letter that it "welcomes the American initiative to get Iran to again transparently follow the guidelines in the JCPOA as long as it includes an Iranian commitment to abide by the UN Security Council Resolution 2231 (regarding development of ballistic missiles."
In addition to Vilnai, the letter was signed by former Mossad director Tamir Pardo, former head of the IDF Operations Directorate Maj.-Gen. (res.) Nitzan Alon, former head of the National Security Council Uzi Arad and former principal deputy director general for policy at the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission Eli Levite.
The former senior defense officials expressed support for President Joe Biden's current position not to lift sanctions on Iran unless it returns to abide by the 2015 deal. It said that first the goal needs to be to get Iran back into compliance and then to work on a follow-up deal that would fill the holes in the JCPOA.
"This will take into account new information that has been accumulated since the JCPOA as well as additional problems that Iran presents," the letter said.
It was not the first time that the group has come out against Netanyahu's efforts to stop the JCPOA. Ahead of the signing of the 2015 deal, the group called on Netanyahu to cancel his speech to the US Congress.
Former deputy head of the Mossad Amiram Levin said then that while it was difficult for him to speak out against Netanyahu, who served under him in the IDF, the prime minister's navigation was off.
"Leaders speak privately, not out in the open," he said. "The visit and the speech are exactly the opposite of that. Rather than working hand in hand with the US president we are going there and sticking our thumb in his eye. That hurts not only the president, but, above all, it hurts the citizens of the US that are fans of Israel, but first and foremost are Americans."
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/ex-idf-generals-top-mossad-officials-on-biden-to-return-to-iran-deal-659805
Israel and Iran are in bed together