Law, Power, and Justice

Tuesday 21 November 2023

MSNBC

Amb. Alon Pinkas, FMR. Israeli Consul General in New York

• Biden and IDF have one thing in common and that is the lack of confidence in Netanyahu and his government.
• It is even more pronounced with the civilian/military relationship, even before the Hamas attack, but more so after. 
• The US has told the Israeli government not to escalate this conflict.  In Lebanon with Hezbollah.
• The absence of vision for the day-after.  These will figure prominently in the next few days.
• Biden is all for this agreement.  They are waiting to see if a cease fire will hold.  Are they just going to wait five days and start shooting again? 

8 PM

A deal for the hostages has passed the Israeli cabinet. 

Haaretz (Israeli Newspaper)

Netanyahu: “We will not stop the war after the cease-fire,” he said. “There is nonsense out there suggesting that we will halt the war after the cease-fire to return the hostages. I would like to make it clear – we are at war, and we will continue the war until we achieve all our goals: eliminate Hamas, return all the hostages and missing, and guarantee that there will be no threat to Israel in Gaza.”

Jordan has increased military presence on border with Israel.

The pause will continue every day that 10 hostages are released.  This is an official statement from Israeli government.