“Instead of asking us how we could help free the hostages, he blamed us for an agreement that was signed when none of us were in power,” one of the ambassadors said.
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Sputnik At a meeting to discuss the release of hostages held in Gaza, the military criticized the ambassadors and called for a European perspective on the IsraelPalestine issue, which has existed for 30 years. “Instead of asking us how we can help, he came to insult us,” one ambassador said.
Gal Hirsch, newly appointed by Benjamin Netanyahu to coordinate the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, shouted at a group of European ambassadors during a meeting earlier this week over their governments’ support for the Oslo agreement, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports.
Hirsch used the opportunity to give a “political lecture” on IsraeliPalestinian relations over the past few decades, criticizing the European Union for supporting the peace process and urging Israel to show restraint toward the Palestinians, ambassadors present said.
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“Instead of asking us how we can help free the hostages, he came to berate us for an agreement that was signed when none of us were in power,” one of the ambassadors said.
The military stressed that the fact that Israel has allowed thousands of workers from Gaza to enter Israeli territory in recent years “was also the result of its pressure.” [europeia] about Israel. It’s time to wake up, ladies and gentlemen. “This is a wakeup call to you: We have woken up,” Hirsch said.
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“Which side of history do you want to be on?” the former general asked the ambassadors before telling them: “After I finish speaking, your job will be to call your leaders immediately.” […] Report to your leaders that they need to decide where they are and what they are going to do,” he added.
After the speech, another ambassador mentioned to the media: “There is hardly a country in Europe that is not trying in one way or another to help with the hostage issue. Many of us are in constant contact with families of abducted people who…” “We have dual citizenship. We want to help and don’t need political sermons,” he said.
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Hirsch was named the leader of those kidnapped and disappeared three days after the October 7 Hamas attack.
Until then, the Netanyahu government had left this position vacant. The soldier is a retired brigadier general and was in command of the Galilee Division when Udi Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were kidnapped in 2006, triggering the outbreak of the Lebanon War that same year.
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In a poll published today by Ma’ariv and cited by Portal (20), up to 80% of Israelis believe that Netanyahu must take responsibility for the security failures exposed by Hamas’ devastating attack on Israel.
The poll, conducted between October 18 and 19 among 510 respondents, also found that 65% of Israelis supported the Israeli forces’ ground invasion of Gaza.
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Israel’s chief of staff, military intelligence chief and intelligence chief admitted that their services failed to prevent the attack.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich also said that the government and security leadership had failed to protect the country, but the prime minister himself had not yet made a clear statement of responsibility, media reports said.
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