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Was Binyamin Netanyahu ‘Born Pregnant’? Mordechai Sones
Is the Prime Minister’s political career his own, or was he irreversibly committed to an American-led script from the very beginning?
October 23, 2025
In his 1978 memoir, In Search of Enemies, former CIA station chief John Stockwell offered a sickening insight into the agency’s operational doctrine. He described a plan to compromise Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, who had publicly supported an embargo against shipping arms to Angola. The CIA’s plan, Stockwell wrote, was to entice Kaunda into permitting just one secret arms shipment.
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“It was felt that if one planeload of arms could be introduced through Zambia, with Kaunda’s permission, he would be irreversibly committed,” Stockwell explained. The agency had a term for this state of strategic entrapment. “‘Pregnant’ we said in CIA headquarters.”
The jargon is cold, a product of a bureaucratic culture that, as some critics have noted, views moral compromise as a tactical tool. To be “born pregnant” is to be irreversibly complicit, your future actions dictated by a past event you cannot afford to have exposed.
This American modus operandi provides a stark, unsettling lens through which to re-examine the career of Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu. For decades, Netanyahu has defined Israeli politics, building a global brand as the ultimate Jewish nationalist, a fierce defender of Israeli sovereignty, and the only leader capable of saying “no” to Washington.
But this public persona has always coexisted with a starkly contradictory record: a history of stunning political capitulations, land concessions that violated his own “red lines,” and a pattern of acquiescence to American demands, often at moments of his greatest political strength. This chasm between rhetoric and action has fueled a persistent, unsettling question, one that his critics have asked from the very beginning: Is Binyamin Netanyahu an English-speaking Israeli, or is he, in terms of his loyalties and practical actions, a Hebrew-speaking American?
A ‘Man Without a Past’
Today, Netanyahu is a fixture of Israeli life, a political titan synonymous with the state itself. It is difficult, then, to recall the furor that greeted his first election in 1996. He was, to many, an outsider—an American-accented, media-savvy consultant who had rocketed to the top, bypassing the traditional military and political hierarchies.
Just weeks after his victory, on June 21, 1996, the Jerusalem-based weekly Kol Ha’ir published a multi-page investigation that landed like a grenade in the new prime minister’s office. The article, titled “A Man Without a Past,” reported that Netanyahu’s U.S. Social Security file was “חסוי” (secret/classified). This classification, the paper alleged, was of a type reserved for employees of U.S. federal agencies.
The report went further. It claimed the file linked the name “Binyamin Netanyahu” to two others: “John J. Sullivan” and “John J. Sullivan Jr.” The paper, which had investigated his years in the U.S., including his time at the Boston Consulting Group where he was known as “Ben Nitay,” put the question bluntly: “Who are you, Mr. Netanyahu? … Is it all the same person? … Never was the history of an Israeli prime minister so secretive.”
The story exploded. On July 5, 1996, Deseret News, syndicating a report from the New York Times News Service, covered the growing scandal under the headline, “Israel wants ‘real’ Netanyahu to please stand up.” It confirmed that the Kol Ha’ir report had “prompted a parliamentary question this week from Labor Party legislator Ephraim Sneh.”
On the floor of the Knesset, Sneh (other accounts name different MKs, but the question was officially asked) demanded answers. According to Knesset protocol records and contemporary reports, the query was direct: “Why is this file classified? Did he ever work for the U.S. government? Did he serve as an informant for any U.S. government authority?”
The Prime Minister’s Office flatly denied the allegations. A spokesman, Charli Sitbon, called the report “groundless” and “a complete lie,” attributing the name “Ben Nitay” to a simple, Hebraized version of his father’s pen name, Nitai, which was easier for Americans to pronounce. The “John J. Sullivan” connection was dismissed as fabrication.
Political firebrand and rival Uri Avnery seized on a related issue: Netanyahu’s U.S. citizenship. Netanyahu, who was born in Israel but grew up and was educated in the U.S., had held American citizenship. While he claimed to have relinquished it as required by law, Avnery, writing in the Maariv daily, pointed out that no proof had ever been made public. “If he was an American citizen when elected prime minister,” Avnery wrote, “his election is null and void.”
The Prime Minister’s Office flatly denied the allegations, and with no smoking gun, the immediate furor subsided. But the questions lingered, unresolved. The new Prime Minister was now in a uniquely vulnerable position. With his loyalty and secret American past the subject of unresolved parliamentary questions and media speculation, he was about to enter his first major negotiation—the Hebron Accords—with the Clinton administration, the very power he was being accused of serving.
The Great Acquiescence
Had the “Man Without a Past” scandal been an isolated incident, it might have remained a historical footnote. But it was followed almost immediately by a pattern of political behavior that baffled his own right-wing base and seemed to confirm his critics’ deepest suspicions.
Netanyahu had won the 1996 election, in large part, by campaigning ferociously against the Oslo Accords, which he and his Likud party had branded as a catastrophic, criminal concession to terrorism. His supporters expected him to halt the process, to reverse the tide. Instead, he did the opposite.
In January 1997, Netanyahu signed the Hebron Accords. This agreement, brokered by President Bill Clinton’s administration, did what his nationalist voters considered unthinkable: it handed over 80 percent of the ancient Jewish holy city (H1) to the full civil and police control of Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian Authority.
The Israeli presence was reduced to a small, heavily guarded enclave (H2). This area included the volatile Abu Sneneh neighborhood, which remained under Israeli security control but PA civil control. From that very neighborhood, on March 26, 2001, a Palestinian sniper would aim his rifle at the Jewish settlement and murder 10-month-old Shalhevet Pass. For Netanyahu’s critics on the right, the line from the 1997 capitulation to the 2001 murder was a direct result of his first major act of irreversible commitment.
The Hebron Accords were just the beginning. In October 1998, Netanyahu was summoned by President Clinton to the Wye River Plantation in Maryland, alongside his defense minister, Ariel Sharon. His right-wing government was already fragile, and he went to Wye with a list of publicly declared “red lines.” He assured his constituency there would be no more land concessions without full Palestinian reciprocity on security, and, most critically, no release of Palestinian prisoners with “blood on their hands.”
After nine days of intense American pressure, the Sabbath passed over Israel. Israelis, turning on their radios and televisions after Shabbat, were met with a sense of shock and horror. Netanyahu had capitulated.
The Wye River Memorandum committed Israel to another 13 percent “further redeployment” from Judea and Samaria. More stunningly, it mandated the release of 750 Palestinian prisoners. While Netanyahu’s team argued the text gave them discretion to withhold murderers, the American-brokered reality was that terrorists with blood on their hands were, in fact, included in the releases.
Netanyahu returned to Israel to find his coalition, and his nationalist credibility, in ruins. His justification, offered to a furious public, became infamous: “We had no choice.”
For those watching, it was the classic defense of a leader who, being “pregnant,” truly has no other choice.
The ‘Mr. Security’ Paradox
The gap between Netanyahu’s nationalist rhetoric and his policy of capitulation was not limited to political deal-making. For contemporary security analysts, his actions constituted a national security catastrophe in the making.
In a scathing position paper (#107) from the Ariel Center for Policy Research, The Acquiescence of the Israel Government in Palestinian Authority First Strike Preparations in Judea and Samaria,” this author systematically dismantled the Prime Minister’s “Mr. Security” persona. The paper argued that the government was actively misleading the public, pairing “rhetorical ‘toughness’” with a “studied policy of acquiescence” to a massive, illegal Palestinian military buildup.
Citing intelligence sources, the paper detailed a Palestinian Authority that had swelled to 40,000 armed men—tens of thousands beyond what the Oslo Accords permitted. More alarmingly, this was not a “police force” to manage civil order; it was an army-in-training. The paper documented its acquisition of forbidden heavy machine guns, mortars, and anti-tank missiles, and its construction of fortified offensive positions, all in preparation for a “first-strike” against Israel.
The paper’s most damning charge was not that Yasser Arafat was building this army, but that the Netanyahu government knew every detail and was consciously letting it happen. This deliberate inaction, this “studied policy of acquiescence,” represented another step in an irreversible commitment, leaving Israel dangerously exposed while its leader maintained a public facade of toughness.
The Modern Vassal
This pattern of rhetorical nationalism concealing a policy of American-aligned acquiescence did not end with Netanyahu’s first term. It has, his critics argue, defined his entire career.
The Abraham Accords, widely hailed as his greatest foreign policy triumph, are seen by some analysts not as a sovereign Israeli achievement, but as a thoroughly American-led project. In this view, the accords were a strategic “trap,” designed by Washington to lock Israel into a formal Sunni-Arab alliance, serving America’s goal of creating a unified front against Iran. The lavish “Abraham Accords Cookbook,” for all its celebratory gloss, became a symbol of a deal that served Washington’s interests first.
This brings the question of sovereignty to the present day. In the wake of the October 7, 2023, catastrophe, Israel has witnessed an unprecedented American military presence on its soil. While U.S. logistics and air defense support are not new, the deployment of senior American military advisors, including special operations generals, to consult on Gaza operations has triggered alarm.
Recent videos and reports have raised concerns that Israel has been reduced to a “vassal state,” unable to act decisively in its own defense—from Gaza to Lebanon—without an American “green light.” Netanyahu’s office has been forced to issue unconvincing denials, such as a recent one claiming “we are not in a situation where U.S. troops will enter Gaza,” a statement that narrowly sidestepped the larger question of American control over Israeli war policy.
This is the ultimate paradox of Binyamin Netanyahu. He is the man who speaks of Jewish destiny and sovereign power, yet his record is one of serial capitulation. He is the man who lectures the world on Israeli self-reliance, yet he has, in the view of his critics, overseen the deepest penetration of American military and political influence in Israel’s history.
Was the 1996 “man without a past” allegation just a bizarre, forgotten smear? Or was it an early warning sign? Is Binyamin Netanyahu the masterful politician, the ultimate survivor, navigating impossible pressures as his supporters claim?
Or, to return to the cold jargon of the CIA, was the man who arrived from America in the 1970s as “Ben Nitay” already “born pregnant”—a leader whose entire career was committed to a script written in Washington, a Hebrew-speaking nationalist whose actions would ultimately serve another’s interests? The question, once whispered on the fringes, now defines the central crisis of Israeli sovereignty.
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Oct 20, 2025 IDSF Daily War Briefing
In this episode, IDSF founder and chairman Brigadier General Res. Amir Avivi explains that the war in Israel is far from over with Hamas breaking the ceasefire and attacking Israeli positions in Gaza – Hamas not only has killed IDF soldiers in Gaza, but knows where the Israeli hostage remains are located, but refuses to return them. He also reviews the current division of territory of Gaza and what he believes must happen in the coming months to destroy Hamas. The General also reveals a shocking development in this war, with hundreds and hundreds of drones coming over the Egypt border. He discusses who is behind them and what they seek to accomplish.
Likud MK warns: Witkoff is pushing us to the gates of hell
Likud MK Amit Halevi warns that US Envoy Steve Witkoff and his partners are ‘pushing us to the gates of hell’ with new US-backed ceasefire deal.
Oct 20, 2025, 1:48 PM (GMT+3) Israel National News
MK Amit Halevi (Likud), who serves as a member of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, warned on Monday that the new US-backed peace plan would push Israel “to the gates of hell.”
In an interview with Galei Zahal, Halevi sharply criticized US President Donald Trump’s team following Hamas’ repeated violations of the ceasefire and the US insistence that Israel maintain the ceasefire despite the attacks on its soldiers.
Warning that Trump’s team is “fooling the public,” he said, “It would be appropriate, first of all, for the IDF to prepare a plan for full defeat [of Hamas]. Defeat – not ‘hit’ and not ‘raid,’ but full defeat [of Hamas] and control of the Gaza Strip. Sooner or later that will happen, Israel will control the Gaza Strip. We have no other option.”
According to Halevi, Witkoff and US adviser Jared Kushner are “pushing us, and Witkoff and all of that crew, not to the next, good, stage but to the gates of hell.”
“This is what it means to bring in the Qataris and the Turkish and the Emiratis. Mr. Witkoff should have already reached the conclusion, a long time ago, that the Middle East is not managing business in Miami or managing a tourist business in Miami.”
“We need the West to understand the enemy we are facing a little more deeply, and address them appropriately. That is not happening, and therefore we need to use all diplomatic leverage. And I am not saying that that is easy,” he admitted.
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🎗️HAMAS RELEASED 1 MURDERED HOSTAGE BODY – on Shabbat. There are still 18 murdered kidnapped hostage bodies held by Hamas in Gaza. The body was of Eliyahu Margalit, 75. May his family be comforted among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem, and may G-d avenge his blood!
🎗️RAFAH CROSSING – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered that Rafah Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt will not open until further notice. “Its opening will be considered based on how Hamas fulfills its part in returning the fallen hostages and implementing the agreed-upon framework,” the Prime Minister’s Office says in a statement.
.. Palestinian organizations had previously announced the crossing to open this week to allow Gazans who fled to return and Gazans who wish to leave to depart.
▪️INTERNAL POLITICS – Coalition party Otzma leader Ben Gvir: ‘I informed Netanyahu that if he does not dismantle Hamas and legislate the death penalty for terrorists – I will dismantle the government on a certain date.’
▪️ICC SAYS TO ISRAEL TO BUG OFF – The International Criminal Court in The Hague rejected Israel’s additional request to cancel the international arrest warrants against Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Galant.
▪️JORDAN REQUESTS – Jordan submitted a request to Britain to equip it with dedicated defense systems for intercepting drones. During the 12-day war against Iran, Jordan intercepted many drones and even some civilians were injured from the interception debris. With Israel and the Ukraine leading the world in drone defense technology, its unclear what Britain can offer.
🇺🇸US VICE PRESIDENT TO VISIT – Vance to visit Israel on MONDAY. Timing not stated, expect significant traffic disruptions. On the agenda: Completion of phase A and the return of all kidnapped fallen soldiers and transition to phase B in the Trump plan.
❓GAZA WHAT? The British Guardian: Egypt is expected to lead the international force that will operate to maintain stability and security in the Gaza Strip. Being this is subject to Israeli approval, this would be … surprising.
♦️ATTACKS IN LEBANON – Israeli drone strike on a car in the southern Lebanon town of Khirbet Selm, eliminating a Hezbollah operative.
.. The IDF discloses that in a ground operation in the southern Lebanon town of Yaroun, a building used by Hezbollah was demolished.
♦️IDF DEFENDS IN GAZA – The IDF says it targeted a vehicle that crossed the Yellow Line, the agreed upon deal position of the IDF. Warning shots were fired toward the car. After it continued to approach troops, “in a way that threatened them,” the forces struck the vehicle “to remove the threat,” the military says. The enemy claims it was civilian refugees trying to return to their homes.
♦️INJURIES DURING COUNTER-TERROR OPS IN TUBAS, SAMARIA – Reports of 3 IDF soldiers injured by an explosive device in Tubas. 2 light, one moderate. IDF activity continues at the site.
⭕HAMAS ATTACKED THE IDF IN RAFAH, TWICE – (1) The IDF says it carried out an airstrike against a group of terror operatives who emerged from a tunnel and approached troops in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis. The operatives had “posed an imminent threat” to the forces.
(2) Several terror operatives emerged from a tunnel in the Rafah area and opened fire on Israeli troops, the IDF says.
⭕GAZANS SAY – “This is the state of defeated Tel Aviv, lights fill the streets, cafes are crowded. And this is the state of victorious Gaza, rubble, tens displacement, bodies exhausted by hunger. What kind of vi…
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🎗️ Hamas announced it will transfer the bodies of two additional Israeli hostages tonight as part of an ongoing exchange arrangement. Earlier today, the group handed over the body of one hostage, bringing the total number of recovered remains to three. After tonight’s handover, 16 hostages will still remain in Gaza — either deceased or unaccounted for.
The bodies are expected to be returned to Israel through the Rafah Crossing at 10:00 p.m. local time, the same crossing point used for humanitarian aid deliveries. Israeli officials noted that each time Hamas comes under added pressure, it “suddenly manages to find” more hostage bodies, despite previously claiming to have no additional information on their whereabouts.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump, accusing Hamas of “lying about the bodies of the hostages” and urging the U.S. and other mediators to demand more transparency and accountability from the group. President Trump confirmed he is aware of the issue and said he is actively working on a solution through diplomatic channels.
Washington has asked Israel not to breach the current agreement and to allow time for mediators to secure further returns. Meanwhile, Israel’s security agencies — including the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) — together with the IDF, advised against resuming full-scale military operations in Gaza for now. Instead, they recommend applying targeted political and economic pressure on Hamas to compel additional releases.
💩 Senior Hamas official Mohammed Nazzal told Reuters that Hamas intends to maintain its security control over Gaza throughout a transitional phase, despite international pressure to disarm. When asked if Hamas would give up its weapons, Nazzal replied: “I can’t answer with a yes or no. It depends on the project. What does disarmament mean? To whom will the weapons be handed over?”
Nazzal clarified that Hamas seeks a temporary ceasefire lasting three to five years to “give the Strip some breathing room” and allow reconstruction of Gaza — not to prepare for another war. He emphasized that Hamas would continue overseeing security during this period and would not commit to relinquishing arms.
Fatah officials told Al Hadath that Hamas had previously signed a document agreeing to disarm but is now backing away from that commitment. British diplomatic sources told The Guardian that “disarming Hamas will be the most difficult part,” noting that London has started exploring approaches based on the Northern Ireland peace model to navigate this sensitive issue.
Hamas’s stance directly contradicts the framework set forth by President Trump’s peace initiative, which requires the group to release all hostages, hand over governance of Gaza to a transitional authority, and fully disarm under international supervision. The Israeli government reiterated that Hamas must comply with the 20-point plan and honor its commitments. An Israeli official stated, “Hamas is supposed to release all hostages in stage one. It has not. Hamas knows where the bodies of our hostages are. They must disarm — no ifs, no buts.”
While global and regional powers push for a permanent stabilization of Gaza under civilian administration, Hamas remains determined to preserve its weapons and its hold on power.
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Hamas hands over body of deceased hostage
Hamas says it found a hostage’s body in Gaza, hands it over to Red Cross, which will then hand it over to IDF troops. Hamas continues to fall short of ceasefire terms requiring return of all hostages.
Oct 17, 2025, 9:26 PM (GMT+3) Israel National News
The Hamas terrorist organization on Friday evening informed the mediators that it had located the body of a deceased hostage in the Gaza Strip.
The group later confirmed in a statement that it would hand over the body at around 11:00 p.m.
Shortly before midnight, the IDF and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) said, “According to information provided by the Red Cross, a coffin of a deceased hostage has been transferred into its custody and is on the way to IDF troops in the Gaza Strip.”
“Hamas is required to uphold the agreement and take the necessary steps to return all the hostages,” it added.
Gal Hirsch, coordinator for Hostages and Missing Persons, informed the families of the hostages in a message, “Following Israel’s firm stance on the implementation of the agreement, the transfer of another deceased hostage to our custody is expected to take place tonight. The Prime Minister is being continuously updated on all actions related to this matter.”
“Once the body is received, a respectful military ceremony will be held, after which it will be transferred to the Institute of Forensic Medicine for identification,” wrote Hirsch.
“Upon receiving the identification results, we will inform the family, and subsequently update all of you, the families.”
“Our policy on this matter is clear and unwavering – we will continue to act tirelessly, with determination and resolve, to bring all our hostages home,” stressed Hirsch.
Hamas has so far been failing to comply with a key provision of the ceasefire agreement, which requires the group to release both living and deceased hostages.
While all 20 living hostages have been returned, only nine bodies have been handed over.
On Wednesday night, Hamas claimed that there are no more deceased hostages in its possession.
“We met our end of the agreement, we released all the living hostages, and what we have as far as deceased hostages. Regarding the rest, we will need great efforts and special tools to find them,” the organization claimed in a statement.
US President Donald Trump told CNN on Wednesday that Israel may resume its military operations in Gaza if Hamas fails to uphold the terms of the current ceasefire, stating Israeli forces could return to action “as soon as I say the word.”
“What’s going on with Hamas – that’ll be straightened out quickly,” the President told the network during a brief telephone interview.
On Thursday, the President issued another stern warning to Hamas, as it continues to stall on the return of bodies of hostages.
“It’s a tough neighborhood, we know that. We have a commitment from them, and I assume they’re going to honor that commitment. I hope they do, and I understand they brought back some additional bodies today,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
“It’s a tough situation. They brought back bodies today, as you probably know. But they also said they’re going to behave. We’re going to find out if they behave. If they behave, good. If they don’t behave, we’ll take care of it,” he warned.
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Hamas refuses to disarm, seeks continued control in Gaza Elad Benari, Canada
Senior Hamas official Mohammed Nazzal says the terror group won’t commit to disarmament and will retain control in Gaza, challenging Trump’s ceasefire plan.
Oct 17, 2025, 11:59 PM (GMT+3) Israel National News
Hamas politburo member Mohammed Nazzal stated that the terrorist organization intends to maintain security control in Gaza during an interim period and cannot commit to disarming.
In an interview with the Reuters news agency from Doha, Nazzal said Hamas is prepared for a ceasefire of up to five years to allow for reconstruction, but insisted that future guarantees must offer Palestinian Arabs “horizons and hope” for statehood.
He defended Hamas’s recent public executions in Gaza, claiming those killed were criminals and that “exceptional measures” are sometimes necessary during wartime.
The remarks come days after the first phase of the ceasefire agreement was implemented, with Hamas releasing all living hostages but only nine of the 28 bodies of deceased hostages. Nazzal claimed that Hamas has no interest in keeping the remaining bodies and cited technical difficulties in recovering them. He added that international parties such as Turkey and the US may assist in locating the bodies.
Asked about disarmament, Nazzal said, “I can’t answer with a yes or no. Frankly, it depends on the nature of the project. The disarmament project you’re talking about, what does it mean? To whom will the weapons be handed over?”
He emphasized that the issue involves other factions and must be addressed collectively.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Office responded to Nazzal’s remarks by reaffirming Israel’s commitment to the ceasefire agreement. “Hamas is supposed to release all hostages in stage 1. It has not. Hamas knows where the bodies of our hostages are. Hamas are to be disarmed under this agreement. No ifs, no buts. They have not. Hamas need to adhere to the 20-point plan. They are running out of time,” the statement said.
Nazzal acknowledged that Hamas would remain present on the ground during the transitional phase to protect aid convoys from gangs and thieves. “This is a transitional phase. Civilly, there will be a technocratic administration as I said. On the ground, Hamas will be present,” he said, adding that elections should follow.
While Hamas’s founding charter calls for the destruction of Israel, Nazzal claimed the group has proposed a long-term truce of three to five years to rebuild Gaza. “The goal isn’t to prepare for a future war,” he said. “The Palestinian people want an independent Palestinian state.”
Nazzal’s statement, indicating that the terrorist group will not disar,m comes after US President Donald Trump said earlier this week that Hamas “will disarm because they said they are going to disarm. And if they don’t disarm, we will disarm them.”
“They know I’m not playing games,” he added of Hamas.
Trump told CNN on Wednesday that Israel may resume its military operations in Gaza if Hamas fails to uphold the terms of the current ceasefire, stating Israeli forces could return to action “as soon as I say the word.”
“What’s going on with Hamas – that’ll be straightened out quickly,” Trump stated.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CBS News several days ago, “President Trump’s conditions were clear: Hamas must disarm. It must relinquish its weapons in Gaza or all hell will break loose.”
He threatened Hamas further, saying, “It’ll happen quickly and perhaps violently, but they will disarm.”
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