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REPLAY: Lessons learned from the hostage deal - with Haviv Rettig Gur

2024/12/27
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Dan Senor:我认为以色列在最近的人质释放谈判中取得成功,主要是因为成功地施加了巨大的军事压力。这与国防部长盖兰特的说法一致,他认为只有让哈马斯承受巨大的痛苦,才能迫使他们停火并进行谈判。哈马斯之所以做出让步,是因为他们处于绝望的境地。现在,哈马斯比以往任何时候都更加绝望,而以色列的地缘政治和军事地位也空前强大。如果在2023年11月,以色列凭借实力达成协议是合理的,那么现在达成协议也同样合理。此外,以色列在这次谈判中并没有做出重大的让步,释放的巴勒斯坦囚犯也并非是危险分子。 鉴于以色列目前的强大军事实力以及即将上任的特朗普政府可能提供的支持,达成新的协议的可能性很高。然而,哈马斯必须停止破坏谈判,才能取得真正的进展。 Haviv Rettig Gur:这次人质获释的关键在于以色列成功施加了巨大的军事压力。哈马斯之所以同意释放人质,是因为他们处于绝望之中,以色列军队已经包围了加沙城,并开始摧毁通往隧道的入口,逐渐将哈马斯困在加沙城之下。哈马斯建造的隧道网络变成了他们的坟墓。哈马斯开始意识到,以色列在加沙的存在不会是短暂的,也不会以哈马斯想要的方式结束。以色列人不再玩任何游戏,哈马斯也开始明白这一点。这就是促使他们寻求短暂停火的原因,这使得我们能够救出26名人质和15名外国公民。 战争并非数学问题,我们无法完全控制战场局势。在战争中,需要权衡时间和军事行动的力度,没有完美的答案。我们不能让哈马斯以人质为代价来换取生存。哈马斯的存在对以色列构成无法容忍的威胁,数百万人不得不撤离家园,他们不会在没有安全保障的情况下返回家园。哈马斯是一个独特的敌人,它同时具备恐怖组织和国家的特征,这给以色列带来了独特的军事挑战。哈马斯的所有军事目标都位于民用区域,这使得军事行动更加复杂和困难。即使假设以色列人冷酷无情,他们仍然面临着独特的军事挑战,需要找到在尽可能减少平民伤亡的情况下消灭哈马斯的办法。要打击哈马斯,就必须摧毁加沙城的大部分建筑,这将导致大量平民伤亡。在10月7日事件之前,以色列无法想象要付出摧毁哈马斯的代价,因为这将导致大量平民伤亡。10月7日事件后,以色列认识到必须摧毁哈马斯,即使这将导致大量平民伤亡。国际人权组织并没有提供切实可行的方案来减少战争中的平民伤亡,反而指责以色列的军事行动本身就是非法的。 哈马斯试图利用被俘家庭成员来施压以色列政府,但这种做法反而强化了以色列的战争决心。关于如何应对哈马斯,以色列国内存在广泛共识,这在以色列历史上是罕见的。

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This episode replays a conversation from November 2023 about the hostage deal, highlighting its relevance to the current situation. The show discusses the lessons learned from the previous deal and the current geopolitical climate.
  • Replay of a November 2023 conversation on hostage deal
  • Relevance to current situation
  • Geopolitical climate and Hamas's desperation

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On thousands of street corners in Israel today, there are banners that read: “bring the hostages back from the darkness.” It’s excruciating to think that this is the second Hanukkah since October 7th with hostages still in Gaza. 

For today’s episode, we will be replaying an episode from a conversation I had with Haviv Rettig Gur during the 4th day of the pause in fighting during the last (and, to date, only) hostage deal, while hostages were being returned to Israel, back in November 2023. As Haviv put it  in this conversation, it had been the first time since October 7 that he could “breathe”. It’s a feeling that we can pray will be alive again soon. 

This replay episode is one way to reflect on where we were a year ago, and where we are now. Today, Hamas is only more desperate and Israel’s geopolitical and military position in the Middle East has never been stronger. There is a lot of analysis in this conversation with Haviv that is relevant to the hostage negotiations occurring right now.