ISRAEL DEMANDS CHANGES IN PEACE PLAN. HAMAS REJECTS IT
The two days of negotiations in Doha to seek a solution to the peace plan presented by the president, Joe Biden, have not yielded any positive results due to Israel's refusal to accept the content of the document and demand changes in it, which Hamas has completely rejected.
Politicians thought that this time, Israel was going to accept the first phase of the plan, which would mean the release of the captives from Hamas power. This would coincide with a truce, as has happened in the past, and would represent a great relief for the relatives. of the hostages is that they continue to demonstrate in TelAviv and Al Quds against Prime Minister Netanyahu.
In any case, the negotiations have not been broken and both the mediators (USA, Qatar and Egypt) and the parties in conflict (Israel and Hamas) have decided to meet again in Cairo next week.
Washington has not stopped pressuring Netanyahu to accept at least the first phase of the plan: truce; release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners. However, the Hebrew leader continues with his line of war at full steam.
The mediators said: they will continue working in the coming days to hash out the specifics on humanitarian provisions and the hostage-prisoners swap.
The president, Biden, considers that “we are closer than ever” to approving a ceasefire that would trigger, de facto, the end of the war. An optimism that is not shared by the mediators nor, of course, Hamas.
In reality, the liberation of the captives is not the big problem. What is blocking the negotiations is Israel's insistence on maintaining a role in Gaza after the war; either by governing the territory or in a way that Israel controls the enclave and is not handed over to the Palestinians.
Regarding the evacuation of the Israeli armed forces, there is no agreement here either. The American plan speaks first of a six-month truce, and later of the exit from “Tsahal”, but it is not known if this exit would be partial or total. . This last position is not held by Netanyahu.
Optimism is growing among mediators about accepting a truce or partial ceasefire next week, coinciding with the Cairo meeting. But optimism is a bad advisor when reality on the ground is ignored.
The Jewish armed forces claimed this Friday to have attacked Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon, leaving at least 10 dead in the Lebanese armed movement.
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