Netanyahu vows no ceasefire, fight to the finish

Binyamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, yesterday indicated his definite refusal to consider a ceasefire agreement with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Arabic Harakah al-Muqāwamah al-Islāmiyyah, abbreviated HAMAS), which is the effective government of Gaza. Citing a murder that stood out even among atrocities on October 7, he essentially vowed to fight to the finish.

Netanyahu speaks plainly

Prime Minister Netanyahu made his points bluntly in a speech he delivered Monday evening (October 30), at roughly 8:30 p.m.

He also made a transcript available here.

Fernando de Castro at The Gateway Pundit shared some excerpts this morning at 89:15 a.m. EDT.

Netanyahu began by observing that one can no longer believe war and other forms of evil will pass them by. HAMAS put paid to that notion on October 7, the beginning of the Fourth Arab-Israeli War. He declared that date a “turning point for leaders and nations.” By putting that word in the plural, he clearly suggeststs all peoples, not the Jews only, must make a judgment.

He detailed the record of atrocity from that day – murdering parent in front of child, child in front of parent, rape, beheading, torture, and kidnapping – including the kidnapping of infants. Furthermore he case the war as a civilizational war. “Israel’s fight is your fight,” he said, thus reinforcing his point about “turning point[s] for leaders and nations.”

While he urged all who could to leave the combat zones, Netanyahu offered some grim statistics. He estimates that HAMAS currently holds 200 Israelis hostage, including 33 chidlren. The Prime Minister also charged HAMAS with using their own civilians as shields while attacking Israeli civilians.

In refusing a ceasefire, he said that would be tantamount to surrender – a thing he refuses to do. He also acknowledged the collateral damage of war, and distinguished that from deliberate murder.