textshot: "Israeli politics makes second phase of ceasefire unlikely to be implemented The Israeli military presence along Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt is growing due to political reasons, as Netanyahu still has far-right members of his cabinet to appease, according to Meron Rapoport, the editor at Local Call, a Hebrew-language news website. Under the terms of the ceasefire, Israel has to withdraw all its forces from the area by the 50th day. “But Netanyahu has said Israel will intensify its presence in this area. So there must be security considerations, but above all, I would say, it’s political,” Rapoport told Al Jazeera, speaking from Tel Aviv. He said far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich will likely follow through on his threat to quit the cabinet if Israel doesn’t return to war after six weeks, when the first phase of the three-phase agreement is set to end, and that would mean the fall of Netanyahu’s government. “So this is a direct threat to Netanyahu. On the other hand, it seems that the Americans, the Trump administration want this permanent ceasefire. Of course, the mediators Qatar and Egypt want it to go on. I think that most of the Israeli public want it to go on, they want to see all the hostages back. I also think the military is quite tired,” he said. “But Netanyahu has a lot to lose, so it’s very much in doubt whether this second stage will in fact be implemented.”

textshot: "Israeli politics makes second phase of ceasefire unlikely to be implemented The Israeli military presence along Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt is growing due to political reasons, as Netanyahu still has far-right members of his cabinet to appease, according to Meron Rapoport, the editor at Local Call, a Hebrew-language news website. Under the terms of the ceasefire, Israel has to withdraw all its forces from the area by the 50th day. “But Netanyahu has said Israel will intensify its presence in this area. So there must be security considerations, but above all, I would say, it’s political,” Rapoport told Al Jazeera, speaking from Tel Aviv. He said far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich will likely follow through on his threat to quit the cabinet if Israel doesn’t return to war after six weeks, when the first phase of the three-phase agreement is set to end, and that would mean the fall of Netanyahu’s government. “So this is a direct threat to Netanyahu. On the other hand, it seems that the Americans, the Trump administration want this permanent ceasefire. Of course, the mediators Qatar and Egypt want it to go on. I think that most of the Israeli public want it to go on, they want to see all the hostages back. I also think the military is quite tired,” he said. “But Netanyahu has a lot to lose, so it’s very much in doubt whether this second stage will in fact be implemented.”
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