Bravo To Bibi!

Good! He resisted the demands of Biden and Blinken for the 'pause' that would undoubtedly become demands for a ceasefire, and then demands for more money for the "Palestinians":

From The Times of Israel: "Netanyahu: No temporary ceasefire without our hostages released; no fuel into Gaza."

From HotAir:  "Benjamin Netanyahu has learned to take Hamas at its word. The United States, and specifically Antony Blinken and Joe Biden, still have not. As Blinken met with the unity government in Jerusalem to push Israel to 'pause' operations for aid to flow into northern Gaza, Netanyahu delivered a rather humiliating public rebuke."

In a brief televised statement before the start of Shabbat, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has told visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that he rejects any temporary halt to the fight against Hamas that does not include “the release of our hostages. He also says Israel 'will not enable the entry of fuel to Gaza.'

Netanyahu begins by promising that victory will be 'sharp and clear' and will 'resonate for generations.

He says Israel’s enemies aim to destroy the country and will fail. 'We won’t stop until victory,' he says, specifying that this means 'to destroy Hamas, [and attain the] return of the hostages and the restoration of security for our citizens and children.'

"Netanyahu didn’t even bother to wait until Blinken left to make his public statement opposing the demand. In fact, Netantahu didn’t wait for Jack Lew to settle into office as Biden’s newly confirmed ambassador to Israel first. In diplomatic terms, that equates to a STFU.

"Hamas won’t take that offer, obviously, especially after its demand on NBC that Israel withdraw from Gaza before they will even talk about hostages. However, Netanyahu has the formula correct. If Hamas and Gazans want humanitarian aid, they should trade in the humanitarian context by releasing the civilians and soldiers Hamas kidnapped as part of its massacre on October 7.

"For that matter, the US should be demanding the same thing. After all, Hamas murdered over 30 Americans on October 7 and took a still-unclear number of Americans hostage. Why are we fronting for Hamas while our own citizens remain as hostages? Why should we send humanitarian aid in this situation before those hostages get released, and before the 400-1,000 Americans in Gaza are allowed to leave?

Meanwhile, Blinken sounds like he just flew into Israel from 2005. He called for a 'two state solution' as the solution to the violence.

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In the past, Netanyahu has given in to American demands, with predictable results.

Not this time.