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Netanyahu: Israel Cannot Pretend to Agree to End the War in Gaza in Return for the Hostages and Then Resume Fighting
(JNS) Ruthie Blum - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night countered the false narrative that's been circulating about first freeing the hostages and later dealing with Hamas. "Hamas is a gang of despicable murderers, but they're not stupid," he said. "They're demanding binding international guarantees that leave no room for the illusion of a 'trick' that all the so-called 'experts' in the TV studios are trying to sell us. They have no idea how the international system actually works." "There is no such thing as a fake commitment. If we commit not to fight, we will not be able to resume fighting in Gaza....No one - certainly not the United States, not China, not Russia, not any other member of the Security Council - no one will cooperate with such a ruse, which would make returning to war impossible. We would have no legitimacy to do so."