“Netanyahu Is the Obstacle to Peace” 7/10/2025

                               “Netanyahu Is the Obstacle to Peace”

Matt Duss, executive vice president at the Center for International Policy and former adviser to Senator Bernie Sanders, makes it plain: Benjamin Netanyahu—not Hamas—is the key obstacle to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. A deal for a 60-day ceasefire, hostage exchanges, humanitarian aid, and international oversight has been on the table since November 2023. Yet Netanyahu continues to reject it, insisting on an indefinite war to serve his political interests.
This war is not about Israeli security—it’s about control. More Palestinians are imprisoned in Israel now than at any point in 25 years. Over 770 Palestinians have been killed at sites run by the opaque, militarized Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, backed by the U.S. and Israel. Meanwhile, Netanyahu cynically claims Palestinians are “free to leave,” while bombing their homes and starving their children. This is not free choice; it is forced displacement. It is ethnic cleansing.
Netanyahu's reception at the White House, was an outrage —despite an active ICC arrest warrant for war crimes—undermines international law and emboldens other war criminals like Vladimir Putin. European countries that allowed his travel failed their legal duty.
Most American Jews do not support Netanyahu. His real U.S. base is among right-wing Christian Zionists who deny Palestinian identity altogether. This extremist alliance is driving catastrophic policy.
If the U.S. truly wants peace, it must stop shielding Netanyahu and start applying pressure. As Duss puts it: “Netanyahu is the problem.”