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Do you think Hamas would accept a ceasefire if given one?
I personally don't think they would. This situation reminds me a lot of the Vietnamese fight for independence. Their goal is basically to drag Israel into a prolonged fight and break their morale. They "win by not losing", is how I've heard it put. And with backing from Iran and support from Hezbollah and Ansar-Allah, it would seem surprising to me that they simply give up, especially now that Gaza has been all but destroyed. All they can do is fight to the death at this point.
But I'm not sure Israel will run out of morale like the US did in the Vietnam war. The general public of Israel seems much more openly pro-military force than the US was in the 60s. After all this conflict has been going on for decades, and militancy is certainly a founding principal of Zionism, the idea that the Jewish people must be protected through use of force.
I think the turning point in this conflict will be if the US has a change of policy and starts distancing themselves from Israel.
Your voice still has representative power for the administration and when you make statements like "anyone over the age of 4 is guilty" you are speaking with the authority as someone who has been a part of the administration's decision making process and presenting as someone who has knowledge about that process currently even if it isn't from the inside.
And again, the fact that Israel didn't step up and say "This person does not represent our perspective and is not involved in any decision making" lends weight to what he says as being a representative of the position of the government and that counts doubly when the president of the country comes out and says effectively the same exact thing.
If you'd like there's video of the interview from the first source. As far as former vs. current, that begs the question of why he was allowed to speak to the media. It was an Israeli news program he was talking on, there's no public record (that I'm aware of) of Israel telling him off. If you're a former member of an administration and you're giving public statements to the media and the current administration doesn't balk, that's at least tacit acceptance.
The second source is reflective of the idea within the current administration that there is a broad understanding that anyone in Gaza is a legitimate target.
Israel has already stated that they consider anyone over 5 to be Hamas, so what's the plan to get whoever is left alive in Gaza to surrender?
EDIT: To the people requesting a source, here you go. There's also this.
My mistake on the age, it's anyone over 4.
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