Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has done his best to avoid it in the past two years Agree to Gaza ceasefire.

In November 2023, a deal freed 110 prisoners of Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7.

But a week later, Netanyahu refused to extend the ceasefire, leaving the rest of the prisoners behind.

Since then, whenever the ceasefire seems to have touched, Netanyahu will change the post. In May 2024, Hamas accepted the proposed agreement, but Israel denied agreeing and invaded Rafa. By September, Netanyahu introduced a new condition: Israel’s permanent control of the Philadelphia Corridor – the region between Egypt and Gaza – both Cairo and Hamas refused.

Later, after Netanyahu pushed for a position to reach only partial deals, it changed the parameters and insisted that Israel agreed to only one deal that would see all the released prisoners – not again to end the war.

Even if allies made their proposals, Netanyahu avoided them. Also in May 2024, then-U.S. President Joe Biden announced Israel Ceasefire plan providedbut Netanyahu remained silent and had no deals.

Netanyahu secured the deal when the agreement was reached and the agreement was implemented. In January 2025, under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, Netanyahu accepted a phased ceasefire agreement that will last until the final settlement of the war was reached. By March, however, Israel had unilaterally violated it, resuming bombing and blockade.

Last week, as Hamas negotiators met in Doha, discussing a new U.S.-backed proposal, Israel bombed themeffectively undermine negotiations.

Plate rotation

The Israeli government will insist that no deal was reached because the Palestinian group Hamas is not an honest broker and because it will try to re-raise the fundraising.

But after the attack in Doha, Einav Zangauker, the mother of Israeli captive Matan Zangauker, clearly attributed to whom.

“Why did the Prime Minister (Netanyahu) insist on blowing up almost any transaction that happened? Why?” she asked in words.

Why is it true.

Netanyahu is Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. One of the reasons he succeeded is his ability to keep multiple plates spinning – even if sometimes conflicting, they are not completely resolved.

Being able to mess up these priorities allows Netanyahu to push away decisions that could lead to his loss of support from public or political allies. In countries like Israel, parliamentary politics is based on who can maintain the largest alliance, which is crucial.

Netanyahu also faces domestic legal troubles – he is being tried for corruption – and the right to sustain is his best choice to avoid prisons.

Back to the issue of the ceasefire in Gaza, Netanyahu has a fundamental problem: he appears to be the Messiah religious belief in supporting his government, and they have made it clear that at this stage of war they will leave the Prime Minister’s alliance, which will almost certainly cause the collapse caused.

On the far right – Like National Security Minister Itama Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, he wanted to drive the Palestinians out of Gaza and lead Israeli settlers to live on land left by those who were ethnically cleansed.

Netanyahu may not be completely disgusted with the goal, but he also understands the difficulties of achieving it. Even if Israel wants to conquer and retain the entire Gaza Strip, it will extend militarily, and months or years of high-intensity conflict will lead to more lasting dissent for the military, which relies on referring to thousands of Israelis as reserves.

And, of course, this bold attempt to quarantine Israel International.

What’s next?

Instead, Netanyahu kept the plate spinning. He never agreed to end the war, by sending a negotiating group to discuss suggestions he did not accept, thus keeping Ben Giver and Smotrich aligned around him, and never fully committed to trying to take Gaza in full.

He insisted that Hamas could not be allowed to rule Gaza and reject Palestinian authority that ruled the enclave, while also saying that Israel did not want to control it.

How long can Netanyahu stay? Sometimes he struggled and almost collapsed.

Trump does not want a “no” reply in January, forcing Netanyahu to agree to a deal that lasts more than six months. This led to Ben-Gvir’s resignation from the government and Smotrich threatened to resign if the deal made progress and led to the end of the war.

As mentioned before, no. Ben Giver is back soon. Trump said the contradiction about ending the war, but never firmly told Netanyahu to stop.

The next Israeli election must be held by October 2026. Perhaps Netanyahu will be able to provide enough victory for voters – he can already argue that he has weakened Hamas, defeated Hezbollah, and bombed Iran’s nuclear venues – to get enough support that he no longer relies on Ben Gill and Smotrich and can comply with his terms and conditions, and they may comply with his terms, which may be their term.

Or, the war could be paused, just to get Israel back to Gaza when it feels needed.

Additionally, continuing the war endlessly could increase foreign and domestic opposition, intensifying pressure on Netanyahu until he was either forced to decide to end the war or defeat the face at the 2026 ballot box.

Palestinians in Gaza – Israel killed more than 64,800 people – were the ultimate casualties of the war, as well as Israeli prisoners still in Gaza.

For the moment, they will continue to suffer – Netanyahu keeps the plate spinning.