The Meshiginar John Kirby Says Diplomacy is the Best Approach to Hezbollah’s Threats...Mamash Insane!

 

White House National Security Spox John Kirby tells @LinseyDavis that Yahya Sinwar, who leads terrorist organization Hamas, is “sitting down there in a tunnel surrounded by hostages and unwilling to have any kind of meaningful negotiation and move towards a cease-fire." pic.twitter.com/CCxC8CczBM

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 White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby was asked on Thursday about comments by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which appeared to reject the belief that Netanyahu is interested in a cease-fire with Hezbollah. .

“We would not have made the statement if we had doubts that the talks with the Israelis were positive,” Kirby stated.

“Netanyahu should be asked if he retracted his agreement. I can only say that, based on the conversations last night, we had every reason to believe that he was sincere in his intentions,” he added.

Earlier Netanyahu told reporters in New York, “My policy, our policy, is clear: we continue to strike Hezbollah with full force. We will not stop until we reach our goals and above all the return of the residents of the north to their homes. That is the policy, and may no one be mistaken.”

The Prime Minister’s office also said, “The reports of a ceasefire are not true. This is a French-American initiative that the Prime Minister has not even responded to.”

Speaking with ABC News host Linsey Davis, Kirby affirmed that while Israel has a right to defend itself, if the goal is to get families back home to the northern Israeli border, the best way is “through diplomacy, not an all out war.”

Regarding a potential cease-fire with Hamas, Kirby’s response was bleak. He said “Linsey I wish I could tell you that we are on the brink of a breakthrough here but we are not… and the principal obstacle to this is Sinwar himself. Kirby added that Sinwar is “sitting down there in a tunnel surrounded by hostages and unwilling to have any kind of meaningful negotiation and move towards a cease-fire.”