Witkoff Told Mediators That the US Won’t Force Israel To End Gaza Slaughter (Antiwar.com, 2025-05-15)
>> US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has told Arab mediators that the US will not force Israel to end its genocidal war in the Gaza Strip, according to a report from The Times of Israel.
>> … The source said that Witkoff largely agreed with the position of Arab mediators that Israel’s plan to escalate will not be effective.
>> At another meeting with hostage families this week, Witkoff was pressed on why the US didn’t force Israel to stop. “… The Israeli government is a sovereign government. … and we can’t tell them what to do,” Witkoff said, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by Haaretz.
>> Israel’s military operations in Gaza are entirely reliant on US military aid, meaning the US has the ability to pressure Netanyahu to end the slaughter…
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