The suffering of the hostages and their families won’t sway him to pressure Netanyahu to end things faster. For Netanyahu, the extra time factors into his calculations of early elections.

Netanyahu’s office clarifies: The changes Hamas seeks to make to the Qatari proposal were conveyed to us last night and are unacceptable to Israel.

Like a masterful game of chess, Netanyahu sacrificed his "queen" of the complete dismantling of Hamas in order to achieve something greater: The destruction of Iran's nuclear sites.

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