Jonathan Sacerdoti on the end of the Gaza ceasefire. spiked
When the ceasefire in Gaza broke down last week, Israel was roundly accused of escalating the violence. World leaders called for ‘restraint’ and condemned the resumption of the war as ‘unjustifiable’ and ‘intolerable’. But, typically for this conflict, this isn’t the full picture. From the off, Hamas showed it is not a good-faith partner for peace. It paraded hostages in grotesque ceremonies, flagrantly lied about which hostages were alive or dead, and used the pause in fighting to rearm and prepare for more attacks.
Writer and broadcaster Jonathan Sacerdoti joined The Brendan O’Neil Show last week to discuss why the ceasefire was always doomed to fail. What follows is an edited extract from that conversation. Listen to the full thing here.