Ex-Security Official Claims Hostage Deal Opportunities Were Deliberately Rejected
Translated & summarized from Kan News by baba
Former security official Dror Shalom claims opportunities for an earlier hostage deal were deliberately rejected, suspecting a delay tactic hoping for Donald Trump's election. Shalom believes Trump's intervention was crucial for the hostages' return, calling his decision brave and moral. The former official previously held significant roles in Israeli military intelligence and the Ministry of Defense.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Former security official Dror Shalom claims earlier hostage deal opportunities were deliberately rejected.
- Shalom suspects a delay tactic hoping for Donald Trump's election to derail the 'day after' plan.
- He believes Trump's intervention was crucial for the hostages' return.
- Shalom praised Trump's decision as brave and moral.
- Shalom previously headed Aman's Research Division and the Ministry of Defense's Political-Security Directorate.
Former senior security official Dror Shalom stated that opportunities to reach an earlier hostage deal were intentionally rejected. Shalom, who previously served as head of the Research Division at Aman and head of the Political-Security Directorate at the Ministry of Defense during the war, asserted in an interview with Kan News that there was a deliberate intention to postpone these opportunities. He suspects that the delay was motivated by a hope that Donald Trump would be elected president, believing this would allow for the dismantling of the 'day after' plan and a stalling of progress. "Ironically, terribly and horrifyingly in my eyes, this also succeeded," Shalom remarked. He further suggested that without the actions of President Trump and his associates, who were influenced by protests, it is doubtful that the hostages would have been returned. Shalom praised Trump's decision as "brave and also moral."
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