Today’s @Haaretz headline story, by military correspondent Amos Harel, screams what we have long been suspecting: Netanyahu is avoiding a new hostage deal, because it may end the war.
“Netanyahu's political interest at this point in time is not to return all the abductees. His govt depends on extremist elements who are sabotaging a further big [hostage] deal, and threaten to overthrow his government. It's time for this insight to seep in.”