US Secretary of State Blinken says Hamas should accept the deal offer, while a delegation of Israeli negotiators is ready to leave for Cairo as soon as a response from Sinwar arrives. However, there are two obstacles, one is in Gaza, the other is in The Hague
Antony Blinken he is traveling to the Middle East again, his first stop was Riyadh. Saudi Arabia is not among the mediators trying to conclude an agreement for the release of the Israeli hostages and the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but every comment has the right theater and it was Riyadh, which today welcomed the Gulf leaders, the most important place Blinken could define The proposed agreement that Jerusalem sent to Hamas terrorists is “very generous”.. The US secretary of state said he hopes the group will accept the “very generous” offer from Israel, which has asked for the return of thirty-three hostages, offering in exchange the release of many Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons – the Foreign Minister British Cameron spoke of thousands of detainees – and a temporary ceasefire. Saudi Arabia does not think differently and sees that Hamas is the obstacle: Blinken spoke about the plan for the reconstruction of the Strip with the officials present in Riyadh, there is solidarity around the American plans. The terrorists, however, are still holding on to the hostages, it is not known how many are alive and how many are dead, they publish videos with the survivors to put pressure on the government in Jerusalem, and they want Israel to be ready for their conditions: a surrender capable of shaking the country’s politics and society. The pressure responds with more pressure and to make Hamas understand that it is ready for a new phase of the war, it uses bombings against Rafah, the southern city where around one and a half million Palestinians have taken refuge.
Antony Blinken he is traveling to the Middle East again, his first stop was Riyadh. Saudi Arabia is not among the mediators trying to conclude an agreement for the release of the Israeli hostages and the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, but every comment has the right theater and it was Riyadh, which today welcomed the Gulf leaders, the most important place Blinken could define The proposed agreement that Jerusalem sent to Hamas terrorists is “very generous”.. The US secretary of state said he hopes the group will accept the “very generous” offer from Israel, which has asked for the return of thirty-three hostages, offering in exchange the release of many Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons – the Foreign Minister British Cameron spoke of thousands of detainees – and a temporary ceasefire. Saudi Arabia does not think differently and sees that Hamas is the obstacle: Blinken spoke about the plan for the reconstruction of the Strip with the officials present in Riyadh, there is solidarity around the American plans. The terrorists, however, are still holding on to the hostages, it is not known how many are alive and how many are dead, they publish videos with the survivors to put pressure on the government in Jerusalem, and they want Israel to be ready for their conditions: a surrender capable of shaking the country’s politics and society. The pressure responds with more pressure and to make Hamas understand that it is ready for a new phase of the war, it uses bombings against Rafah, the southern city where around one and a half million Palestinians have taken refuge.
If there is no agreement, Israel wants to invade the city, where there are four Hamas battalions. The preparation is fervent, all it takes is for the terrorists to agree to an initial agreement to block everything. The other obstacle to the truce and the release of the kidnapped Israelis, however, is not so much in the Strip, but in The Hague, where The International Criminal Court could issue arrest warrants for some Israeli leaders and, according to the New York Times, also for some of the leaders of Hamas. The decision could undermine the negotiations, because it would put terrorists in a position of strength, if Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar cares little about ending up on the same list as Vladimir Putin or Omar al Bashir, Benjamin Netanyahu or Defense Minister Yoav Gallant the damage would be almost irreparable not only to their international status, but also to Israel’s negotiating position. The fear of the allies of the Jewish state is simple and logical: if Hamas feels that international pressure on Israel will increase, the hope of seeing the hostages again will be nil. The progress achieved in the Gaza Strip will also be null and void. Like the pier that would allow more humanitarian aid to be brought to the Palestinians, in whose construction Israeli soldiers are participating. Such as the return of the humanitarian organization World Central Kitchen to the Strip to bring food and water and also open a kitchen named after the Polish chef Damian who was killed during an Israeli action. Like the opening of the Erez crossing, controlled by Tsahal and which provides relief to the Palestinian population remaining in the north. The conditions for an initial agreement are there, even the Egyptian and Qatari mediators are confident, if Sinwar gives an answer today an Israeli delegation will be in Cairo. Yet all attention is turned towards The Hague.
