Fmr. Israeli Peace Negotiator Daniel Levy: U.S. Pressure on Israel Is Key to Lasting Gaza Ceasefire
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Even after Hamas accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal Monday, Israeli forces moved in with tanks to seize the Rafah crossing with Egypt. Israel says the ceasefire deal falls short of its demands, and Hamas has called for “international intervention.” Former Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levy says the limited information and political maneuvering of all parties raises more questions than answers right now, but the core issue is whether all parties can maintain a sustained end to hostilities. “In addition to testing each other, the Hamas and Israeli parties are testing the United States of America and the Biden administration in an unprecedented way,” says Levy. “Hamas detects that the U.S. may finally be serious about offering a sustained calm.” While Levy says growing external pressure from global protests are “having an impact,” he doubts U.S. and Israeli leaders feel they must change course yet. “The pressure does not feel sufficient that Netanuahu’s politics needs him to accept a ceasefire. He still thinks he can wiggle out of this,” says Levy. “If this deal doesn’t go through, I fear we’re in for the much longer haul.”
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The last thing i would ever want to do is to ever again see that smirking, lying spox, John Kirby!
💯
Yes ma'am.
Ikr??
Dracula-kirby face🧛♂️
Mind Begs the Question: - To justify,support a State - Whose policies are - Starvation,Death Camps,Gas Chambers/White Phosphorus,Dehumanization,Pogroms,Ethnic Cleansing,etc - Is American or 1930s German?
Mr Levy is well balanced honest gentleman. Thanks for your credible voice and stance.
Love Daniel Levy’s work, great humanitarian man.
Can hardly watch or listen to John Kirby and his smirk. Just a puppet.
He's evil.
@@MimiSoup and full of 💩
THANK YOU DANIEL LEVY FOR SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER! THANK YOU DEMOCRACYNOW! FOR YOUR EXEMPLARY REPORTING! PLEASE SUPPORT DEMOCRACYNOW!!
Failure of the USA.
Humanity is the loser, the disgust I feel about our lying Politicians, will never be restored.
I agree with you.
Stupid can't be fixed. But then, they're the politicians you voted into office.
@@3366larryandrewsThere are only "Fake" Elections. Now you know.
@@3366larryandrews …their behavior could not be predicted, after they joined the cult.
@@ruthokelley5833Nicely said!
Palestinians have the right under international law to resist an illegal occupation.
Absolutely 💯 correct
How is it illegal
Israelis also have the right to defend there country from Islamic terrorists who want to kill every non Muslim person
@@coolazul-ic9kmUN rulings etc
It's funny that many Americans feel the same about the people who mow their lawns, cook their meals and build their houses. lol.
Justice for the people of Palestine
My father grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during sectarian violence & an army of occupation on his doorstep. But I will always be grateful that my father never taught his children to be racist against any other country, race, or religion. I have lived in London for decades, with neighbours of all religions & walks of life, but when I was involved in a car accident recently, it was my Muslim neighbours who were so kind, offering me homecooked food, lifts to the doctors, shopping errands, etc.
🫂🌹🫂 Thank you for sharing this with all of us.
Muslims are some of the most genuine, decent people I've ever met.
It's not the flesh we wrestle.
Gee... a little virtue signalling, anyone? And in those decades in London, you feeding the poor Muslim neighbors and offering lifts? Naa... Only biased for the country of occupiers who treated your wounds... what a fraud.
Real Humanity is a Beautiful Thing. "Death Cults" are the Problem in this World.
Shameless politicians supporting this genocide
😭😢😿
Paid off blood money from AIPAC The nation is finished. Shameful despicable, disgusted
@@lizbethartemis4886 Which one?
Gazan children matter.
UN report 2023 - Palestinian children as young as 7 years old being held in yisrahell military prisons.
Unfortunately, John Kirby is a clown and straight up lied a couple of times.
Hundreds of times Hes never told the truth
100% agree. All of them are clowns but more importantly morally corrupt. It's beyond me that they can support what is going on. All for AIPAC money. Revolting.
He is a puppet.
We send billions of dollars to Israel and they send a few million back into the pockets of US politicians so they control them. They buy our government with money we give just because they're a giant welfare state and terrorist organization. They all work for Israel. Media, social media, intelligence, and all but 7 people in all of congress and the house of representatives are funded mostly by Israel. We have no power, that's just a fact and they'll suppress anyone they don't like, like Jill Stine.
Even Google and Wikipedia are corrupt. Anything that shows up below a KZhead video to "inform" you is a lie. Look at what they censor, covid, Ukraine, Israel, J6. All these things are intentional to get the weak to beg for authoritarian rule.
When will everyone realize that Blinken is really on the same side as Netanyahu 100%!!!!
So’s biden
It took you a long time to come to this conclusion. Very smart!
Blinken is a Zionist, his family history stems from Zionism… Research his history.
Pretty much everyone realized about that months ago. The most powerful of them are quite happy about that alliance, and the majority, who are against it, allowed the minority in power to convince them that they can’t do anything about it. The people left students alone in the protest and that sent a clear message to the elites: “your abuse of power is allowed.”
conflict of interest - Lew & Blinken - both ancestry - Ukraine.
Blinken acts as Israels lawyer most of the time.
ISRAEL CONTOL USA!!
He's compromised, as he's a Jew..What a conflict of interests, so wrong..Not to mention Biden being a self- proclaimed Zionist.
I hope not. But he has his work cut out minding Bibi's toes in the process
Well i Remembered him said after oct 7 visiting israel i came as a jew. Well Their is nothing wrong as jew. But their is conflicts of interest
He is a Zionistin the worst way. Too many in Congress are and that's obviously a huge problem.
Thanks Democracy Now for bringing in Daniel Levy!
Last time I commented on Kirby…KZhead literally shut down my KZhead thread! We are up against a giant…real giant evil.
Yep, same! KZhead keep deleting comments... this is censorship 101..we don't live in a democracy
Freedom of the press, MY ASS! This will happen in the U.S. if Trump wins.
@@karenazimi7088 What a BS, this is already happening so lets not blame it on tRUMP.
Mind Begs the Question: - If Govts given unchecked Censorship - Will be able to red flag Fascist Govt - Will be Censored from red flagging Fascist Govt?
“We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.” - Nelson Mandela
You people are so uneducated it's crazy.lookar why he married then believe ur religion
Was he not also a terrorist?
True.
Free themselves from Hamas!!
Hamas atrocities is now but Israel’s atrocities more along with genocide, ethnic cleansing,etc.,
SHAME ON YOU Kirby
*1776 : Independence from England* *2024 : Independence from IsraeI*
Abbas of the West Bank backs Israel
Not the the same buddy. Todays fight by the Palestinians is over the colonization and apartheid system and the thing they do have in common is both fight for the right to self-determination. 1776 was mainly over the colonials no longer being allowed to colonize west if the Appalachians by king George.
It looks more like the year they consolidate their rule over us.
@coolazul-ic9km - Abbas is paid to be I$real's poodle. That's not the same thing.
@@melinefarrell4310 The last history class I took, July 4th 1776 was the day that Americans declared independence from England as they were under the control and subject of the king. The hope and goal is to end the Zionist/AIPAC control of our politicians, mainstream media, Banking and other institutions in the USA in 2024
Not many people are aware that the Geneva Convention gives Hamas the right to resist the illegal occupation of Palestine. I consider that October 7th was resistance. Thank you for mentioning their right to resist.
Also ex Colonel Lawrence Wilkinson and UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese say so Not only under Geneva Convention but also according the UN Charter. 1967
Resistance yes, but as he says: within the bounds of international law.
Sure and humanity can all take a dive and morph into cannibals. What have you got to lose?
Pray for Palestine! ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Very well SAID !!! “Mr. Kirby has done little else, than undermining the peace process in Gaza”.
Amen
These honest people like Daniel Levy are a credit to the Jewish nation.
Are they? He’s still very much a Zionist.
Jwish people have a long history of figh ting for justice.
there is no jewish nation, only a jewish people and a zionist nation.
He isn't Israeli though,hes just Jewish and a negotiator but not part of any Jewish nation i.e Israel
Mr. Levy has frankly said the best way forward in solving this war by the us and the Israeli government, but I don't think they want a solution for ending now or soon.
Us is to be blamed. Unconditional support, guns, amenities, how vicious government has become. Unbelivable
Of course not, the powers that be are getting filthy rich. Congress has been bought. It is appalling.
that is not a war …
Anybody counting on Biden and Blinken to stand up to Israel are going to be seriously disappointed, based on their record up to now.
It's very disappointing. Israel does not stand a chance without the US and their other allies help, but all of them seem too weak or just incapable of standing up to Israel.
Biden is giving an Anti Seminism what a joke. The colleges are protesting Genocide.
There are voices that disagree. Situations as loaded as this take a lot of moves that can not be made public, in order to keep the lines open at all. I watched the peace process develop in Ireland which seemed to be an utter impossibility. It cost far too many innocent lives, the poles were worlds apart, and amidst the horror and grief, a small number of people doggedly kept pushing for it. Of course, there was nobody as evil as Bibi involved.
Ole Joe won’t win in November. He’s too far zion.
Get ready for your next president. Donald Trump. Democrats have nobody to blame but themselves. Biden was too busy licking his ice cream cones and counting his aipac money to consider the political consequences of bowing and scraping before King Bibi.👑,🇮🇱. He just could'nt help himself. I guess those 11 million dollars from aipac during the course of his political career was all he cared about. Giving Israel all our money while Social Security will run out of funds for our own people soon. But what does he care? He already made his 11 million. He's all set! 👍😎🍦💰
The comments by Kirby that Daniel Levy called rich, I call disingenuous; but either way, it’s a bunch of crap used to gaslight the public. Absolutely disgusting 🤮
That is why I asked if this man is legit.
@@PhayeTaylor Calling something "rich" precisely means disingenuous or hypocritical. Levy was criticising Kirby. Not sure what you mean by asking if Levy is "legit". He is a very serious and excellent commentator. It is actually astounding that anyone this good was ever an Israeli negotiator.
@menudobucket9837 Calling something "rich" precisely means disingenuous or hypocritical. Levy was criticising Kirby.
@@14tmnbK~ hmm 🤔 Ya don’t say.
@@menudobucket9837 Yes, we do. Look it up. INFORMAL (of a remark) causing ironic amusement or indignation. "these comments are a bit rich coming from a woman with no money worries" Similar: preposterous outrageous unreasonable absurd ironic ridiculous ludicrous laughable risible a bit much a joke a laugh priceless over the top OTT a bit thick Origin
Shame on USA
Mind Begs the Question: - Dehumanizing a group of people Rats was Criminalized - Dehumanizing a group of people Human Animals if Not Criminalized - Rule of Law exists or doesn't exist?
And Germany!
The US is a proxy for Israeli special interests through AIPAC and their branches, or should I say tentacles.
Dems love affair with Izzy ...not to mention all that a i p a c loot....gives donnie a great chance in november. Bad political calculation on Biden's part but I guess the 11 million he's gotten from a i p a c over the years soothes the sting of it.
The western countries have NO shame, hence their evilness
Memo to the people of Israel that are on board with what is happening in Gaza: ~ “It's not the devil at your door, it's your shadow on the floor” ~
Without America, there is no IsraeI. And America is in deep .shyt. I know. I Iive here.
Not only usa unfortunately
If the US had been totally absent from this region we might have had peace--the Israelis would be forced to negotiate and come to some kind of settlement with Palestinians and local Islamic countries. The US unfortunately has a very big polarizing influence which does not help. There would have been some eruptions from time to time. But nothing anywhere as colossal as what has been going on for so long.
Stay away from America Swim to China
You are a troll nothing more
Remain ignorant
“The biggest insult to the memory of the Holocaust is not denying it but using it as an excuse to commit genocide against the Palestinian people.” - Norman Finkelstein.
oh yes !!!!!!! it's terrible !
Daniel Levy’s pronunciation of the PM’s surname cracks me up each time he says it: “Nut n’ Yahoo” 🤣
Good one
I call him NetanYahoo
Yahoo Natan
Gnat in Yahoo.
i read this just as he said it hahahhaha
Kirby is a paid liar, thats his job.
Better than to lie for free.
Love listening to Daniel, much respect 🇿🇦
He certainly is a voice of reason.
This dude has a stranglehold on the obvious. But he's correct...except Rafah is ALREADY being bombed. Today. Now.
Heartwrenching beyond articulation
What a GREAT interview and mr. Levi gave such a clear explanations for us back here in Europe ,who have to deal with bits and pieces of the news , and not always the most honest ones... 👏🏽
Kirby and the other US guy are absolute "........"- You fill in the blank because I have no words for them any more.
Push Israel do they think we’re stupid. America could end that in a Jewish New York minute. Just have Biden call him. Tell him we’re going to start standing on old American principles and values and unite our own country. By ourselves.
forked tongue - says one thing and blocks it at the UN. No respect for UN - why pay for it?
Biden could have ended it in 15 minutes with one phone call months ago. He has not and has no plan to do so. All the blood of the dead children are on Biden's hands.
They lost this war on day one that is the reason of their agression
“Zionism represents a false idol, an idol of lies, deceit, theft, death and destruction.” - Noami Klein
Are you on drugs? 😆🤣😂
@@learsi1000they Attack out of desperation without any strategy no goal to achieve that means he is losing
@@learsi1000Apparently you're unaware how thoroughly exposed the Zionists are before the eyes of the entire world community.
@@learsi1000no we are not Bibi lost war but Israeli people lost in long run everything That’s sad for them
Netanyahu his cabinet are the most dangerous people on earth they beyond cruel. From the African continent 😳
you say they broke international law and referring to October 7th but the videos from October 7th shows Israeli helicopters and tanks doing the Carnage to the civilians
Hannibal DIRECTIVE
So helpful to hear Daniel Levy say that protests and demands for ceasefire in the US are making a difference and will influence the Biden Administration as it faces the November elections. Biden is weaker staying quiet.
Life must have always been tough in Gaza! Despite that they have sings I❤GAZA! This is their home!😢 I❤GAZA!!!
Take your money out of HSBC, Citibank, Barclays, and Chase. These banks have branches and do business in israel. Santander also invests in israeli tech. Put your money in credit unions or local, independent banks. Local banks pay taxes that directly benefit the communities they are in. Your outrage doesn't matter, your protests don't matter. Only your money matters.
So Israel never intended to agree for any agreement in the first place !
what’s new. They do not even abide by the ones they’ve signed.
@lizbethartemis4886 for the past two weeks all I've heard was that the key is in Hamas hands and that it's up to them to agree to the deal on the table...now I know I was hoodwinked by the Secretary of State.
Nobody has done more to increase antisemitism than Netanyahu. God bless all the caring Jewish students who have stood against the genocide of the Palestinian civilians. Their grandparents who went through the genocide of the Nazis would be proud of them. Biden,s dissing of the demonstrating students will probably cost him many votes of the young and the old. As an old lady I am so ashamed of him and his cabinet. We need to get rid of the wrecked two party system so we can make changes that may save our Democracy.!
Yes
I really hope people remember this, come November.
Vote third party vote for the Green 🍏 Party and Dr Jill Stein for President
We need to be realistic here. Izrail have clearly said they will not stop until they "distroy hms" and they want to flatten Gaza. They said this loud and clear. Lets not pretend Izrail want to negotiate this position. They won't.
drama - they are allies pushing Palestinians out. HAMAS was created by them
West are building Israel, as they built USA, on genocide, 500 years ago. Between the late 15th and late 17th centuries, 130 million indigenous Mississippian, Pueblo, Aztec , Inca peoples are estimated to have died in deadly massacres, mass rapes, forced starvations, wars, chattel slavery imposed by European settlers. West built Australia, Canada, New zealand, on Genocide, A Text book example of systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing. This time, it's on Tv , Live, before our very Eyes “History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” ― Mark Twain
Every country, mostly, has been settled many times over.
America has bombed 25 nations since World War Two. Who’s the terrorist?
Wow! That was straight-up someone speaking the truth
Bibi needs to stay in power to stay out of the clink, right? He fights to keep his own ass comfortable.
Retreat to where? They’re saying everyone is Hamas. Where are they going, besides to their death? Including the hostages.
When are the Israelis going to free the thousands of Palestinians held illegally in Israeli prisons?
The answer on the conflation of antizionism with antisemitism was perfect, and I hope that more mainstream outlets will actually start recognizing that.
Well Levy was doing a nice job until he started on Israel needing to be safe. Illegal settlements all over Palestine land and making it Israel is not a peaceful action. Can you imagine if the illegal settlers would have to leave and go back to the Oslo treaty.
Why can't the settlers leave W. Bank and East Jerusalem . We have just witnessed 1.5 million Palestinians up sticks and get the run around Gaza for 6 months while being pulverised by Hiroshima level ordnance. Surely, the illegal settlers can peacefully relocate. Israeli government claims to have unlimited financial backing, other than US.
That would be the second-best solution. The best solution, IMO, is one state with equality for all citizens under a democratically elected, unitary government.
@@grmpEqweerPalestians need their own state SOVERNTY. Their own borders. Their own government. Their own self rule.
That's bc he's a zio. His primary concern is "israel". Buyer beware.
@@71suns - ya, its in jordan or arabia,this is israeli lands in history
Blinken is a disaster and complete failure. He was basically a bag carrier and always no. 2 or 3. Never 1! Basically a clerk with no vision. We should never have expected great things from this man.
I voted for Biden, so horrified to see this administration lack of action and complicity in evil
Biden was not what I wanted, I just saw him as the lesser evil. I still think he is, but a lesser evil is still evil. I note Trump wants Israill to "finish the job," in Gza, AND would unalive more Americans than Biden.
Why is the CIA director conducting peace negotiations?
Yes, there is no one left.
What you have to do with this?
to put the matter in short, foreign affairs are not run by teh department of state
Why the world leaders let evil Netanyahu regime make this happen, are the world leaders so weak to confront Netanyahu?
Apparently they're completely impotent.
Please stop thinking they were good people. They are all in on it. All the dead children are because of these "world leaders".
Uss liberty June 8 1967
Precisely.
Blinken had recently said that the ball was in Hamas,'s court so what happen3d to US when Hamas had agreed to the deal? Why did US not stop Netanyahu from invading Rafah? It clearly shows US is complicit wirh israel😮
Free Palestine now!!!🇵🇱🤝🇵🇸
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. Everyone is equal, learn to live together. Renegade, lily-livered.
Shame on America
The RAVERS dropped LEAFLETS 🤮
Yes, We do support you!
They mean financially, do you?
Respect and appreciation for your tireless work for peace ✌️and freedom in Palestina, Mr Daniel levy, your language gives hope that the war must be ended, too many people have died including many mothers and children's who have nothing to do with politics at all. God 🙏 will be by your side. I wish 🤞 you more success in your hard and tireless work. In God, we trust. Much greetings also for democracy now 👍 from Moroccan citizens.
respect to Levy for his clarity and conviction antizionism isn't anti-semitism
Shame on humanity
Biden has lost my vote
He’s lost a generation of voters. No one with a conscience could support this evil.
نعم، ندعمكم!!❤❤❤
Thank you Daniel Levy, Thank you Democracy now for holding on to truthfulness🙏🏼❤️
Biden needs to distance himself from Bibi. Otherwise he'll go down with him.
He is already down I am afraid
As a child, Biden lived in a world without the State of Israel. As a politician, his approach to Israel was shaped in the era of that country’s founding, by events that happened before many of his advisers were even born. He speaks about the Jewish state with the flourish of a vintage AIPAC speech. "You know, the miracle of Israel is Israel. It’s Israel itself - the hope it inspires, the light it represents to the world," Biden said on October 11. "I truly believe, were there no Israel, no Jew in the world would be ultimately safe. It’s the only ultimate guarantee," Biden added, another phrase from his usual repertoire. On that day, many American Jews wondered why America isn’t that place.
Ole Joe has lost his best support for reelection. Going to be an orange dictator in November. ‘ Merica is done.
@@battles146 America ought to be safe for everyone. Ideally. 😤😢
@@user-dj6hu9gq4t can always vote 3rd party or Independent -
All is being done under the protection racket of the evil nation!
ICC has to send out arrest warrants for these pos.
Khan is an obstacle
Thank❤🌹🙏 you for truthful news, Democracy Now! 🤗
Jill Stein for President Jill Stein for President Jill Stein for President
Jill Stein for President if you want Trump to win.
True but some of us who voted for Biden the first time can't bring ourselves to re-elect a war criminal. So I guess we have no choice. Jill Stein it is. Shock therapy for the Dem establishment? Maybe they were too concerned about the a i p a c money to care about our needs
Daniel sounds fair and honest as a peace person however it's hard to believe that even presence of these kind of persons israel still have that aggressive, unlawful occupation over Palestinian.
God save Palestine.
Imagine the UN Security Council giving 55% of your country to 17% of the population because of crimes they committed.
Nobody will do anything about it because we are all cattle
I'm sorry you feel that way about yourself. We're NOT powerless children. TAKE COURAGE AND STAND. You're not alone. 🫂🌹🫂
@@71suns the issue at hand is anyone who ever gains any power or authority to affect positive change becomes so corrupted as to believe that the rest of us are mere cattle. So nobody will do anything about it because we are all cattle.
@@71suns this is hilarious in that somehow KZhead moderated my comment reply to your reply to my comment LOL. It had no offending anything whatsoever
@@71suns KZhead is censoring me
Please stop censoring me KZhead
Humanity is not the key usa is the key😂
Daniel LEVY is a truther!
begs explanation
Very educational and insightful interview. Thank you Mr. Levy and Democracy Now! For your voices and for your coverage. May justice prevail. ♾
Can't expect the employees to raise concerns against their paymasters, right?
What are they going to do, try to start something with Egypt!!!!
Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria..You do understand how Colonization works, right?
@@houdiniwho yea, I’m over here colonized right now, I sure do understand it!
Stop genocide in Rafah Gaza
OK, we move to the north! Happy?
Thank you Daniel Levy
Wdn't it be so much better if the State Dep't weren't lead by a Jew?
We need to end dual citizenships in government
no, institutional policy is concerned with agreements and material rather than genetic or cultural disposition.
Or at least someone who DOESN'T holds a dual citizenship with Israel.
You mean a Zionist.
You mean Zionist. Many Jewish people are against this genocide
John Kirby, professional liar for hire!
+many others
LOVE YOU AMY AND JUAN
Conquered Gaza, lost the World,,,🇸🇩🌹♥️
Yup....classic winning the battle but losing the war
She became adult overnight
pray for the peace of Jerusalem
Everything is OK in Jlem. Don´t worry.
I love and respect Amy Goodman more than ANY other journalist in the world. Thank you Amy. You are the best.
Daniel Levy is one of the best in this arena. And that closer - yes.
🕊🌍🙏
Dump Trump. Say No to Genocide Joe. Vote Green. Jill Stein for President 💚
Vote Jill if you want Trump to get in.
@@userNKg11Tell your bud Biden to stop working so hard for the Trump Campaign. The Democrats had Hilary working for his campaign in 2016.
Thank God for people like Mr Levy, a level-headed intelligent politician and fair human being
Thank you, Mr. Levy, for your very fair comments about John Kirby. I couldn't agree more.
Thank you Amy , a free voice of freedom
Really appreciate and respect Daniel Levy. Thank you for bringing him on and providing him the opportunity to give intricate context to these negotiations.