Netanyahu Demands Destruction of Hamas for Peace, Hamas Demands End of Aggression for Negotiations

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu affirmed his commitment to continue the war on Gaza until Hamas is destroyed, dismissing global calls for a ceasefire.  “We are not stopping. The war will continue until the end, until we finish it, no less,” Netanyahu declared at a Likud Party meeting on Monday, 25 December. He outlined three prerequisites for peace in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal: the destruction of Hamas, demilitarization of Gaza, and ‘deradicalization’ of Palestinian society. The Israeli Prime Minister outlined plans for demilitarizing Gaza, proposing Israel’s continued security control, establishing a ‘temporary security zone’ around Gaza, and imposing border inspections. He dismissed the idea of Palestinian Authority governance, contrary to U.S. President Joe Biden’s suggestion.  Netanyahu, head of one of the most extreme governments in Israeli history, called for changes in leadership and school teachings to ‘deradicalize’ Palestinians in Gaza, referencing the deradicalization of the Germans and Japanese after World War II. Meanwhile, Hamas and Islamic Jihad denied rejecting an Egyptian proposal for a permanent ceasefire in exchange for relinquishing power in Gaza, what Reuters reported Egyptian security sources told the media outlet on 25 December. “There…

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