Netanyahu and his cabinet are taking 'Israel' to Biblical Armageddon
Alastair Crooke- At its core, the cabinet judges that public anger and the call to "crush" Hamas will outlast the US estimation of a ‘few weeks’ war at most.
At its core, the cabinet judges that public anger and the call to “crush” Hamas will outlast the US estimation of a ‘few weeks’ war at most.
Biden and his team, who were angling for a full ceasefire, have been comprehensively rebuffed. The Cabinet and the Israeli military were chaffing under the constraints of a ceasefire. Once any military action is stopped, the longer the “time out”, the harder it is to begin again. As expected, the truce now has come to an end. American expectations were unrealistic, given the mood of the public and the unity within Netanyahu’s Cabinet.
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