Former Top Biden Spox Admits Israel Sabotaged Ceasefire Deals as US Blamed Hamas

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Former Top Biden Spox Admits Israel Sabotaged Ceasefire Deals as US Blamed Hamas

The former State Department spokesperson effectively admitted he and the president repeatedly lied about negotiations.

By Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT
Published August 22, 2025

The former top State Department spokesperson has admitted that the U.S. knew the Israeli government was systematically sabotaging ceasefire negotiations for months — even as he stood on the podium and spread the lie to the press and the public that it was Hamas standing in the way of a deal.

In a report by Israeli outlet Channel 13 published Thursday, former Biden administration official Matthew Miller said that Israel repeatedly and openly killed ceasefire deals when they were nearing a conclusion. In fact, he said, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu openly admitted to U.S. officials that he wanted to continue fighting in Gaza for “decades.”

As such, Israeli officials would make promises in private, but then make public statements to destroy an agreement, or would introduce new conditions at the last minute that they knew would be a non-starter, all with a goal to “try and sabotage” a deal, Miller said.

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