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@HediViterbo
Dec 18, 2023 • 15 tweets • 9 min read • Read on X
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How has the Israeli government handled the hostage negotiations?

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On October 7th, Hamas first offered to release all the hostages for all imprisoned #Palestinians.

The next day, Israel's Finance Minister said Israel must "hit Hamas brutally and NOT take the matter of the captives into significant consideration".



2/15 apnews.com/article/palest…
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That same day, the Israeli ambassador to the UN said:

"We want to see everyone who was abducted back home, BUT right now our focus is to obliterate Hamas terrorist capabilities".



3/15 edition.cnn.com/2023/10/08/eur…
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In response to the Israeli ambassador's statement, Israeli NGO @btselem warned:

"This raises serious concern that Israel has no intention of working towards a deal – and is willing to abandon the [Israeli] captives to their fate".



4/15 btselem.org/press_releases…
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On October 9th, an Israeli journalist described how in the past, when Israeli soldiers were held captive:

"Reasonable exchange offers were made" to Israel "at an early stage", but the Israeli government "rejected [them] – and later regretted it".



5/15 buzznet.co.il/news/local/134…
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On October 14th, the Israeli government's National Security Advisor said:

"We have no way of negotiating with an enemy we wish to wipe off the earth".



Hamas has repeated its offer many times, but Israel has dismissed it:



6/15 haaretz.co.il/news/politics/…
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Also on October 14th, an Israeli journalist wrote:

"Seeking to destroy Hamas means deprioritizing the return of the [Israeli] hostages. … [It] would cost the lives of many soldiers [and] seal the fate of the hostages".



7/15 calcalist.co.il/local_news/art…
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On October 16th, a former Israeli hostage negotiator, who had negotiated a deal with Hamas in 2011, said:

"[Israel's] primary objective today is to remove Hamas from its ability to govern. That means that hostages may be sacrificed".



8/15 nbcnews.com/nightly-news/v…
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On October 24th, the Israeli media reported:

"Israeli officials emphasize that Israel currently has no intention of releasing Palestinian prisoners as part of getting the hostages released".



9/15 news.walla.co.il/item/3618142
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According to the same report, Israeli officials admitted:

"Once [Israel] launches a ground operation, it would become nearly impossible to make any progress with freeing the hostages. ... [Some] hostages ... [might have already] been injured by [Israeli] airstrikes".

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On October 27th, Israel launched its large-scale ground offensive in #Gaza.

In response, Qatar (which is brokering the hostage negotiations) said that Israel's offensive had made these negotiations "considerably more difficult".



11/15 timesofisrael.com/qatar-warns-is…
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Indeed, a few days later, the Israeli media reported that the hostage negotiations "had broken down following the [Israeli] ground incursion".



12/15 haaretz.co.il/news/politics/…
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On November 20th, a senior Israeli minister was quoted as saying:

"Netanyahu is trying to prolong the war as much as possible. It's in his interest. And that is the reason [for his claim] that there was no offer [by Hamas] to release hostages".



13/15 haaretz.co.il/opinions/2023-…
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And yesterday, the Israeli Finance Minister said that Israel's aim in "destroying Hamas" is to "ensure there's no one to talk to on the other side".



14/15 haaretz.co.il/news/politics/…
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Palestinians are reportedly being raped in Israeli custody.

Israeli forces have a long record of sexually abusing #Palestinians (and others).

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During a massacre in 1948, Israeli forces raped several #Palestinians.

Documents that were previously available in the Israeli state archive mention "3 rapes", including one of a "14-year-old girl".

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But Israel has hidden some of these previously public documents.

In an interview with @haaretzcom, officials admitted that they deliberately concealed documents to protect Israel’s reputation, discredit critics, and prevent Palestinian unrest:



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Jul 29, 2024
A court in the U.S. recently commuted the sentence of an Israeli diplomat's son.

Why? Because he's joining the Israeli military.

This reveals a lot about the U.S. and Israeli legal systems.

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The Israeli, who lives in Florida, was convicted of intentionally running over a police officer with his motorcycle and causing him incapacitating injuries.

He also has two previous run-ins with the local police:



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But the 19-year-old Israeli told the Florida court:

"I have chosen to serve in the … [Israeli] military. I am looking forward to the … discipline that I will learn".



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Jul 19, 2024
The #ICJ (International Court of Justice) has just declared the Israeli "occupation" to be illegal.

But this terminology conceals a much worse reality:

Israel's regime of control isn't "occupation". It's "settler colonialism".

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Under international law, "occupation" is a temporary form of control.

Israel's control over the #WestBank & #Gaza is almost 60 years long. One in 20 Israelis lives in the #WestBank.

That's not "occupation".

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Also, the word "occupation" gives the wrong impression that the #WestBank & #Gaza are separate from Israel.

The truth: For decades, Israel/Palestine has been a single territory, subject to varying degrees of Israeli control.

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Jun 17, 2024
Israel's export of weapons has now reached an all-time high.

These weapons were tested on #Palestinians.

So, what do we know about Israeli arms export?

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According to Israel's former Minister of Interior Security, Uzi Landau, "Israel is a laboratory for fighting terror".

The "laboratory" – #Gaza and the #WestBank – enables Israel to develop and test the weapons it later sells to other countries.



2/10 washingtontimes.com/news/2002/jun/…
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The CEO of the Israeli Ministry of Defence recently said:

"Many countries in the world are seeing the success of Israel's arms systems in the war [in #Gaza], … and are buying Israeli weapons to defend their [own] citizens".



3/10 finance.walla.co.il/item/3671361
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Jun 3, 2024
Right-wing figure Nigel Farage recently cited on TV "recent surveys saying that 46% of British Muslims support #Hamas".

The mainstream media has repeatedly quoted this false claim – without refuting it.

So here are the facts 🧵

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As we'll see:

- In the poll that Farage was citing, 72% of British Muslim respondents said they DIDN'T have positive views of Hamas.

- The organization that commissioned the poll has been described as having an "anti-Islam agenda".

- The poll is statistically unreliable.

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So, here's how British Muslim respondents actually described their views of Hamas:

32% - neither positive nor negative
28% - positive
24% - negative
15% - don't know / unfamiliar

In other words, 72% of them DIDN'T have positive views of Hamas.

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When #Israel recently assassinated 13 people in Iran's diplomatic building, this was described as an act of "deterrence".

#Iran's retaliation has also been described as an attempt to "restore deterrence".

But what does "deterrence" REALLY do?

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A few years ago, I made several arguments about Israel's "deterrence" tactics:

First, acts of deterrence often DON'T prevent national security threats.

Instead, they create GREATER threats.

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For example, if Israel's bombing of the Iranian embassy compound was supposed to deter #Iran, then it achieved the exact OPPOSITE.

Iran's retaliation was unprecedented: launching hundreds of drones and missiles.

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