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This hostage deal is months too late — because people like me believed Netanyahu's lies

JL;DR SUMMARY Sruli Fruchter reflects on the moral and political misjudgments surrounding Israel's hostage deal involving Hamas, criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government for delaying the agreement for political gains. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasIsraeli Palestinian ConflictBenjamin NetanyahuIsraeli GovernmentCeasefireHostage CrisisPublic OpinionShamePolitical ManipulationMoral Accountability

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Kiryat Shmona, Northern District, Israel
"A demonstrator holds white balloons with the faces of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his governing cabinet on them, while others carry torches and Israeli flags at a protest calling for an end to Israels war in the Gaza Strip Jan. 11, 2025, in Kiryat Shmona, Israel."
Gaza, Southern District, Israel
"Never mind that Israeli officials never clearly defined how, exactly, Hamas complete destruction might be achieved; that senior IDF officials said such a goal was neither feasible nor necessary; and that every day delaying the hostages return risked their lives."

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