Why now? Why not erstwhile Gaza is 1 large ruin? Many Palestinians are skeptical of the agreement between Israel and Hamas (composed with the United States, Egypt, and Qatar), which inactive needs to push the Israeli Kneset. The corpse is caused by a change of opinion in the last minute, which is accused by the 2 sides of the conflict. The problem is the exchange of people. Hamas demanded any besides controversial, besides militant characters. Israel claims it was Netanjahu who made the changes, yet not agreeing to reduce the number of soldiers in the alleged Philadelphia Corridor, a strip of land between Gaza and Egypt.
One possible answer to the question “why now?” is the deficiency of military targets in Gaza and the force for Israeli soldiers – and of course hostages – to return home. Since the beginning of the final phase of the open war between Israel and Hamas, more than 1,700 soldiers have died, but for the attack of October 7, 2023 (1,175 killed). On the Palestinian side, we have at least 46,000 dead. Most of them are civilians. Everybody's had enough.
Everything seems to indicate that it was the fear of the upcoming president of the United States that convinced the government of Israel, to what extent, to consider ending the war in Gaza. Trump promised “hell” if Israel and Hamas did not get along before his inauguration. Netanjahu would surely give a lot to know what it truly means.
Although the outgoing U.S. president Joe Biden spoke of a triumph both in a farewell message to the nation and in a separate speech on January 15, it is not so easy for everyone to see success in 16 months of genocide. In fact, this is simply a major defeat of the State Department policy under Antony Blinken. due to the fact that where precisely was that deal nailed? Qatar or Washington? erstwhile the writer straight asked the outgoing president who deserved the credit, Biden replied, “You must be joking.”
"This is our agreement of May," he declared triumphantly, commenting on the content of the agreement between Israel and Hamas. The same agreement was drawn up by the Israeli side and accepted by Hamas in July. Netanyahu rejected them immediately, which the American government did not inform its citizens about.
Israeli media agree among themselves that the ceasefire is simply a consequence of the fear of Trump. Bibi now has not only Biden's crew in front of him, but besides his successor's envoys who have already joined the trial. So we have a kind of schism; we are active in the process with both American governments – the outgoing and upcoming.
"Trump emissaries are not specified people as Blinken or Kissinger," said writer Jeremy Scahill in an interview with Democracy Now! But for now, there's an invasion in Gaza. 80 have been killed since the announcement that a date has been set for the ceasefire.
Trump's triumph is fundamentally a full triumph for Israel and a policy of destroying Palestine. For any – aesthetic? – reason Trump wants peace on the day of his inauguration. He wants to see the liberated Israeli hostages. Why don't he even bring 1 of them over to parade him at the beginning Monday? On Sunday, 3 women are to leave – in exchange for a 1000 Palestinian prisoners. But that does not mean Trump does not share his imagination for the future of Gaza and the West Bank with Israel.
The West Bank for Israel demands Trump's largest sponsor Miriam Adelson as well as the upcoming Israeli ambassador Mike Huckabee. Trump wants capitalism in the mediate East and a long-prepared deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia. In the longer term, it will offer Israelis the chance to complete the demolition of Palestinians through economics and hinder their lives, as in the last 70 years. He can besides say, "We're taking over Gaza, just like Greenland." Then Israel will lose hope of expansion.
For the next fewer weeks, Bibi will be in a hard political position. For the first time, there was outside pressure. While Biden could not tell him that the end was over, Trump would not have a problem with it – if he came up with specified an thought and found it profitable.
If Netanjahu is besides fond of Trump, the right-wing coalition on which his political – and not only – existence is based may fall apart. The Israeli Prime Minister will so effort to hold the agreement with Hamas as long as possible, and will break it erstwhile he finds an chance to blame Hamas for the same. He's trying to show Trump he's trying. And quietly, he assumes there's an excuse to proceed the slaughter. Israel will never accept Hamas' presence in the region and will never accept Palestine. shortly there will be fresh settlements in Gaza and West Bank.
