Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has made his ninth trip to Israel in the hopes of reaching a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Now, while the U.S. Has expressed optimism that a deal can be reached, Blinken also stated something [00:00:17] that I thought was really fascinating during his meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog. So with that in mind, let's take a look at what he has to say. This is a decisive moment. Probably the best may be the last opportunity to get the hostages home, [00:00:36] to get a cease fire and to put everyone on a better path to enduring peace and security. I'm here as part of an intensive diplomatic effort on President Biden's instructions to try to get this agreement to the line and ultimately over the line. It is time for it to get done. [00:00:53] It's also time to make sure that no one takes any steps that could derail this process. And so we're working to make sure that there is no escalation, that there are no provocations, that there are no actions, that in any way could move us away from getting this deal over the line, or [00:01:11] for that matter, escalating the conflict to other places and to greater intensity. Now, if this is indeed the last opportunity to forge a ceasefire deal, we're in a lot of trouble because there is no ceasefire deal. And that has been made clear by Netanyahu. [00:01:29] So as the Biden administration continues to give you this faux optimism, which I'm honestly incredibly sick of hearing about because it never really comes to fruition, just keep in mind what you're about to hear from Netanyahu later in this segment. [00:01:45] So real quick, I should note that Israel says that 111 hostages are still being held in Gaza. If they genuinely cared about returning those hostages, they would agree to a cease fire. But they haven't. 39 of those remaining hostages [00:02:01] are presumed to be dead, which honestly shouldn't be surprising given the. You know, bombardments that have been going on in Gaza. The fact that Israel has cut off food, water, electricity. Now, Blinken says again, now is probably the best and maybe the last opportunity [00:02:20] to secure the ceasefire deal. But why? Like what makes this different? Blinken is also seen standing next to Herzog in the video that you just watched. But it's really important to also understand the kind of rhetoric that you hear from government officials in Israel in regard to the Palestinian people. [00:02:37] Because how do you make a cease fire deal with individuals who see all Palestinians as terrorists? And if you're wondering what I mean. Take a listen to what Herzog had to say. In the last 24 hours, we've witnessed ongoing terror attacks [00:02:52] by Palestinian terrorists. So that's a short clip. But I think it's really important to be precise in your language. And when you say Palestinian terrorists rather than Hamas terrorists. I mean, you give the game away, right? The bombardments that have killed 40,000 people, you know, in the Gaza Strip. [00:03:12] They want to make you think like, no, no, this wasn't intentional. We're only targeting Hamas. 40,000 people gone dead. Yeah. Okay. And you referred to them as Palestinian terrorists. As if all Palestinians are terrorists. As if they're the ones. All of them carried out this attack against Israel. [00:03:28] - Yeah. - So that's the problem. What is the Israeli officials are saying is a problem. But the very core of the problem is this cease fire deal appears to be totally fake. Right. Hey, don't scroll away. Come back, come back. Because before the video continues, we just want to urge you [00:03:44] to lend your support to tight U power. Our honest reporting. You do it at t.com/team and we love you for it. And it looks like what Blinken is doing now is just he doesn't I don't think he's trying to get a cease fire deal. I think he just went there to do Israeli propaganda. [00:04:01] And so let me explain what I mean by that, because earlier that wasn't the case. Blinken and the US offered a real deal in the beginning of July, and both Israel and Hamas seem to accept it. In fact, Israel seemed to have originally drawn it up. And so that's what the US said for a minute. [00:04:17] And we told you. Now, later, they'll fall back in line with Israeli propaganda. So because at the time they were trying to pressure them to take the deal, but Israel said, no, we don't want the deal. And remember, the US is never going to blame Israel. They're always going to blame Hamas no matter what happens, no matter what the reality is. [00:04:33] But we had a brief window of truth there from the American government where they're like Israel, this is your deal. Why don't you just take it right? And so they changed the deals. So now what I look for in this was okay, but what are the terms? Because if they're essentially the same as the July terms, well then [00:04:50] you're going to get to a deal because they both had already in essence said yes before Netanyahu blew up the deal. So when you look at the deal, no, it's the hard line Israeli position. Yes. So they want the Philadelphi corridor, which is at the the southern border of Gaza. [00:05:05] They want another strip that goes right in the middle of Gaza. So they're saying we're going to go back to the occupation. We're going to take land in Gaza. We're never going to leave. And by the way, we also no longer agree to a permanent end to the war. So what is what are the Palestinians getting out of. [00:05:21] This cease fire? Yeah. Well, it's interesting how during this current war, all of a sudden the definition of a ceasefire completely changed. Cease fire means you cease fire. The war ends. Yeah. Now all of a sudden, it's like, no, no, we'll do a two week pause, and then [00:05:39] phase 28 might be a six week pause. No. Is it a cease fire or is it not a cease fire? Okay, this is ridiculous. And honestly, it sets a precedent that I'm concerned about when it comes to future conflicts, not just between Israel and Palestinians, but in any war. [00:05:56] Right? Like, all of a sudden, the cease fire doesn't mean ceasefire anymore. Yeah. And so let me be clear about that, guys So we want the hostages back, and we want peace so that the U.S. Doesn't have to fight anybody's war in the Middle East. And we want Israel to be safe, and we want Palestine to be safe. [00:06:12] And for all of this to come to an end, and you can do that if you just go back to the July deal that both sides had originally agreed to. But if you keep insisting on the hard line Israeli position of we're going to continue to occupy Gaza. But not only that, after the cease fire period ends, [00:06:29] the first one is in six weeks, and you give us all the hostages back and there's a second one, and then you get more hostages, but then all the hostages are back. Then we're going to go back to the war. Well, why would anybody agree to that? Right. And so you can say, oh, Hamas should agree to that. Okay, great. I wish they would agree to that. [00:06:45] But they're not going to. And in fact, I wish they would agree to that permanent end of the war which they have. But I do I don't want them to agree to giving up land in Gaza. So Jesus, how much more occupation do you need? So that's saying, hey, after I killed 40,000 of you and 90,000 wounded and I've [00:07:03] displaced 85% of the people of Gaza. Now I'm going to take your land and not give you anything in return in terms of a permanent cease fire or end to the hostilities. And then, of course, American. So right now, what Blinken is doing, that's why I'm telling you, it's just marketing. [00:07:19] So that I would be shocked if Hamas agreed to that deal. And so, guys, the thing that that's going to release is then Hezbollah and Iran are going to strike back for their capitals being bombed in Beirut and Damascus. So when they strike back, we're going to be in the middle of a giant war [00:07:36] because Israel said, no deal. And I guarantee you go read any of the articles on what the deal actually is, and you will see that we're 100% correct, and then go watch mainstream media as they will lie to you as a giant factory of propaganda. They will all tell you that Hamas said no to the peace deal, [00:07:53] and that is just not true. It was Netanyahu who ruined the deal we had in July and now says, no, I give nothing in return So of course he doesn't want the deal. It would end his career. So this is sick. So let's get into specifics because I think it's important to understand [00:08:10] what both Hamas is saying and what Netanyahu is saying. So Hamas says suggestions of progress are an illusion, with differences said to include whether Israeli troops will be required to withdraw fully from Gaza, as Hamas insists. [00:08:26] Now, in a statement on Sunday, Hamas accused Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu of putting obstacles in the way of an agreement and setting new conditions and demands with the aim of prolonging the war, which is what Netanyahu has been doing from the very beginning [00:08:42] because it serves his political interest. He wants to remain in power, and the best way to do so is to prolong the war. It added it holds him fully responsible for thwarting mediators efforts and obstructing an agreement. Now, Hamas source also told Saudi media that the proposals that they reject [00:09:00] include the IDF maintaining a reduced presence along the Philadelphia Corridor. As John had alluded to earlier, no permanent ceasefire. So a ceasefire deal means you get a ceasefire. A lack of a permanent ceasefire means that this isn't a ceasefire deal. [00:09:16] The terms of the rejected deal would also prevent the free movement of Palestinian civilians from southern Gaza to northern Gaza, and Hamas is like, that's untenable. No, we're not going to accept that. And so Axios reported today that behind closed doors, Netanyahu is [00:09:33] reprimanding his own officials for trying to reach a ceasefire deal. Netanyahu's negotiating team briefed him on Sunday that if he gave them more wiggle room, a deal might be possible. Netanyahu refused to budge and reprimanded them for caving [00:09:49] to senior Israeli officials, tell Axios. And so this has come at a massive cost to Palestinian civilians, to Israeli civilians. I mean, they're living in fear because now you have Of Iran, you know, threatening [00:10:07] to target Israel on their land. There was recently an attack in Tel Aviv. And so is this making Israelis feel safe? I'm sure it isn't. And then it is dragging us closer and closer, the United States government [00:10:23] to a war with Iran, which would be a complete and utter disaster. Okay. And, it's just it's devastating when you hear the very specific story. So I want to give you some examples so far, as I mentioned earlier, more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza. [00:10:39] One of the latest horrific examples was an Israeli airstrike on Sunday that killed a woman and six of her children. Four of those six children were quadruplets gone, wiped out, dead in one Israeli airstrike. [00:10:55] Mohammed Awad Khattab, who is the children's grandfather, said his daughter, a school teacher, was with her husband and their six children when their house was struck, he said. The children ranged in age from 18 months to 15 years [00:11:10] and that four of them were quadruplets. He told reporters outside of a hospital that the six children have become body parts. They were placed in a single bag. What did they do? Did they kill any of the Jews? Will this provide security to Israel? [00:11:26] And of course it won't, because this isn't really about providing security for Israel. Okay? This is about a far right government led by a far right prime minister who doesn't care about anyone's safety. He doesn't care about the hostages. He doesn't care about Israeli civilians. He certainly doesn't care about Palestinian civilians. [00:11:43] He cares about his own power and maintaining it. He doesn't want to leave office. He certainly doesn't want to stand trial for the corruption charges that he has been accused of. This is all about Netanyahu and what's best for Netanyahu. It is disgusting and lives are being lost as a result of it. [00:12:00] But he doesn't care. He doesn't care. Yeah. So look last thing I'll say on this is because you will see wall to wall propaganda on mainstream media. Don't forget what Axios reported that Anna just read his own negotiating team [00:12:16] told Netanyahu, we could have a deal here. We can get the hostages back. We can have a ceasefire. Just need a little bit of wiggle room and we're good. And Netanyahu told him no. That is two senior Israeli officials telling Axios that story. [00:12:33] That's not Palestinians. That's not human rights groups. It's not even reporters. It's two Israeli officials saying we could have a deal right now. But Netanyahu refuses to budge because he doesn't want a deal. So do not believe any lie. [00:12:49] Look, if you say to me, hey, you should hate Hamas and you should hate what they did on October 7th, I hate what they're doing, what they did on October 7th, I don't I think terrorism is a terrible idea when Hamas does it. I think terrorism is a terrible idea when Israel does it. So that's easy guys. That's easy. [00:13:05] But can you get to a peace deal that actually works here? And we had one. And in fact, we could have one right now, if you believe senior Israeli officials. But instead Netanyahu says no. And you will hear all of American media lie in the upcoming days [00:13:24] and say that Hamas said no when it was in fact Netanyahu who said no. And so now we'll go to war, and then you'll be forced to pay for it. And some of you, maybe if it gets bad enough with your lives or your kids lives, when we could have had a deal today. [00:13:39] And I don't want you to forget that. Thanks for watching The Young Turks really appreciate it. Another way to show support is through YouTube memberships. You'll get to interact with us more. There's live chat emojis, badges. You've got emojis of me Anna John Jr. So those are super fun. [00:13:56] But you also get playback of our exclusive member only shows and specials right after they air. 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