Only a longer strike will make the people in government understand that the economy of Israel is going to go down,
Smotrich and Ben-Gvir will leave Netanyahu, and then he will be without a coalition, and he will have to go home,
Today, we have power in the government, and I’m not ashamed to say that we’re using this power to prevent a reckless deal and to stop any negotiations altogether,
We are sorry we failed to protect you in the terrible failure of 7 October. We are sorry we failed to bring you home safely. We are sorry that the country you immigrated to at the age of seven, wrapped in the Israeli flag, failed to keep you,
Unfortunately, there are too many things that are going to obstruct a deal. Whether it’s on our side, whether it’s on Hamas’ side, it just doesn’t seem to be in anyone’s interest that something should happen,
I’m not sure the strike was as powerful as people expected,
I thank every one of you,
We must not forget the 109 hostages still held in Gaza, each a universe unto themselves, and the over 16,000 Palestinian children killed in a genocide fueled by American weapons – part of the largest Palestinian civilian death toll since Israel’s founding in 1948,
Sullivan discussed the ongoing diplomatic push across the highest levels of the US government to drive towards a deal that secures the release of the remaining hostages,
We grieve the senseless death of the Israeli Hostages, horrifically including a wonderful American Citizen, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, murdered by Hamas due to a complete lack of American Strength and Leadership,
I spoke to his mom and dad, and we’re not giving up. We’re going to continue to push as hard as we can,
We're very close to that."
It is as tragic as it is reprehensible. Make no mistake, Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes. And we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages,
Sullivan told the families that the next few days will be critical in the push to free the remaining 101 hostages,
With broken hearts, the Goldberg-Polin family is devastated to announce the death of their beloved son and brother, Hersh. The family thanks you all for your love and support and asks for privacy at this time,
You can’t keep negotiating this. This process has to be called at some point,
As far as messaging to the Israeli government, my government, it’s that the time is over for selling, perpetuating this fantasy of total victory over Hamas based on the sacrifice of our sons, daughters, grandparents who are hostages in Gaza,
The entire senior command of the Army and our intelligence services have said very clearly that Hamas at this moment has been so significantly depleted as a military and a governing organization that that simply cannot be used anymore, except for evidently, domestic political purposes by our prime minister and his coalition, that cannot be used as a reason, really an excuse, anymore to not complete this deal,
I think the Biden administration itself will say that they will have done enough when all of the hostages are home. The seven Americans, of course, but all of the 101. The Biden administration has given us extraordinary support since Oct. 7, as well as Congress, from wall to wall which is quite extraordinary in these very polarized political times,
At the end of the day, the Biden administration or any US administration is not the one who has to sign this agreement. The United States together with Qatar and Egypt are trying to broker an agreement between Israel and a savage terrorist organization,