Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the nation, September 2, 2024

How Israel-Gaza Will — or Will Not — Affect The US Election Campaign – and Vice Versa

UPDATE, SEPT. 4:

I offered further analysis to Monocle Radio’s Georgina Godwin on Wednesday about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s motives in blocking a ceasefire of Israel’s military operations in Gaza.

I begin with the US unsealing of formal charges such as mass murder against six Hamas senior figures: three dead and three alive, including current leader Yahya Sinwar.

On the one hand, the US continues to emphasize to the world that they hold Hamas responsible for starting this cycle of violence. On the other hand, particularly behind the scenes, they are trying to isolate Netanyahu because he did not just undermine the ceasefire negotiations but tried to bury them.

And I evaluate the state of opposition inside Israel to Netanyahu’s continuation of “open-ended” war.

Listen from 32:35:

ORIGINAL ENTRY, SEPT 3: I joined India’s WION on Tuesday to analyze the latest developments in Israel’s “open-ended” mass killing in Gaza, notably why a ceasefire is unlikely to be established despite the high-profile efforts of the US, Qatar, and Egypt.

I explain why internal pressure is building on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the retrieval of the bodies of six hostages held by Hamas. However, rather than making any concession, Netanyahu doubled down on the war on Sunday night, putting new conditions in the way of any agreement to end military operations.

Asked about whether the US or UK could change this, I return to my starting point: the primary factor is whether the Israeli leadership and public finally force Netanyahu to end his venture — and to face the political and legal reckoning if Hamas has not been “destroyed”.