{"id":285473,"date":"2025-01-20T12:01:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T12:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=285473"},"modified":"2025-01-20T04:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T04:42:53","slug":"israeli-government-approves-hostage-ceasefire-deal-to-take-effect-sun-19-jan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/01\/israeli-government-approves-hostage-ceasefire-deal-to-take-effect-sun-19-jan\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Government Approves Hostage\/Ceasefire Deal, to Take Effect Sun 19 Jan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Netanyahu told his Security Cabinet he will not allow the agreement to end the attacks on Gaza.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

17 Jan 2025 –<\/em> The Israeli Security Cabinet and the Prime Minister\u2019s full cabinet voted in favor<\/a> of a hostage deal and ceasefire in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated to his security council that he only intends to comply with the first phase of the three-stage agreement.<\/p>\n

The proposed hostage release agreement and ceasefire between Israel and Hamas cleared its final hurdles. The Israeli Security Cabinet approved the deal on Friday. Netanyahu\u2019s full cabinet voted to approve the agreement early Saturday morning in Israel. Tel Aviv did not immediately issue a statement.<\/p>\n

Under the deal, fighting in Gaza will pause for six weeks, while Hamas releases over 30 Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian detainees. According to the agreement, Tel Aviv is also required to allow 600 humanitarian aid trucks into Gaza each day.<\/p>\n

During the first phase of the agreement, Tel Aviv and Hamas are expected to engage in talks to hammer out the details of the pact\u2019s second and third phases. If carried out to completion, the deal would see an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the Strip\u2019s reconstruction.<\/p>\n

However, Netanyahu is already indicating that he only intends to allow the first phase of the agreement to play out. According to Israel\u2019s Channel 12, the Prime Minister said during the Security Cabinet meeting that Israel will likely resume fighting after the first phase.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu\u2019s assurances that he would resume the onslaught in Gaza after six weeks was not enough to gain the support of several members of the Security Cabinet. A member of Netanyahu\u2019s own Likud party, David Amsalem, joined far-right ministers from the Religious Zionism and the Otzma Yehudit parties in voting against the deal.<\/p>\n

There is some concern that Netanyahu\u2019s insistence the deal will not make it to the second phase could lead to its collapse. \u201cUnder the current conditions, there won\u2019t be a second stage to the deal,\u201d a foreign mediator told parties in Israel according<\/a> to Haaretz<\/em>. \u201cHamas won\u2019t willingly enter into an agreement that will lead to its destruction. Netanyahu\u2019s tactics are wrong and won\u2019t bring the last hostages home or end the war.\u201d<\/p>\n

The most vocal opponent was National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. In a last-minute plea for his fellow ministers to reject the proposal, he said, \u201cEveryone knows that these terrorists will try to harm again, try to kill again.\u201d He continued in the video statement, \u201cI call on my friends in the Likud and in Religious Zionism [parties], it is not yet too late, we still have the cabinet meeting, we can stop this deal, join me, we can stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mossad chief David Barnea came out strongly in favor of the deal. \u201cWe must pay this moral debt. This deal is ethically and morally the right thing to do. It is a humane deal. It includes mechanisms that will ensure our security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu caused alarm on Thursday when he delayed the Israeli vote on the deal, claiming Hamas tried to make last-minute alterations. While the vote was delayed, the ceasefire is still expected to take effect on Sunday with a pause in fighting and the release of three Israeli captives by Hamas.<\/p>\n

Channel 12 reported that Tel Aviv only agreed to keep Sunday as the start date because it received significant pressure from the Biden White House.<\/p>\n

Tel Aviv is planning to tightly control the public relations around the release of Palestinian detainees. \u201cThe commissioner of the Israel Prison Service, Kobi Yakobi, instructed that\u2026 to prevent public displays of joy in Ashkelon and other areas of Israel,\u201d a statement from the Israeli prison office explained.<\/p>\n

Since the ceasefire was first announced on Wednesday, Israel as stepped up its bombing of Gaza, killing at least 115 people according to Palestinian officials.<\/p>\n

The United Nations\u2019 Human Rights Council condemned Israeli continuing to bombard Gaza<\/a>, stating \u201cwe are dismayed that shortly after the deal was announced, Israel continued bombing Gaza indiscriminately, killing Palestinian civilians despite expectations of calm until the ceasefire takes effect.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kyle Anzalone is the opinion editor of Antiwar.com and news editor of the Libertarian Institute<\/a>. He hosts The Kyle Anzalone Show <\/a>and is co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Connor Freeman<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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