OPINIONS

Wed 28 May 2025 9:29 am - Jerusalem Time

Negotiations are still pending


Hamada Faraana
The interests of the US President conflict with those of the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu regarding stopping the aggression and war and achieving a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
The American president, like previous American presidents, provided the colony with everything it needed to remain militarily and security-wise superior to the Arab countries, especially after the painful blows that were directed at each of: Hamas, Hezbollah and the Syrian army. There is no longer any party capable of directing painful blows to the capabilities of the colony, except for Iran, which is conducting negotiations with the Americans to prevent a clash with the Israelis. Therefore, the American president is demanding a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for several reasons:
First, because Netanyahu is seen as having failed to release prisoners without a prisoner exchange, and as having failed to end and eliminate the Palestinian resistance.
Secondly, he has an interest in reaching settlements for wars, clashes, or hot clashes, as he did in Syria, Yemen, Ukraine, the India-Pakistan talks, and his envoys with Hamas.
Third, the embarrassment caused by Netanyahu's immoral, inhumane, and illegal war, which has led to growing European and American protests against the colony and a growing and expanding solidarity movement with the Palestinians.
Hamas has an interest in a ceasefire to protect its remaining capabilities and leadership following the series of assassinations and attacks directed against it. It also has an interest in remaining a partner in the political arena through negotiations with the Americans and reaching an agreement with them.
Therefore, Washington, like Hamas, has a mutual interest in reaching a ceasefire agreement. It is a win-win for both sides, unlike Netanyahu and his coalition team's interest in not having a ceasefire, and their interest in continuing their war against the Palestinians. A ceasefire would raise their level of failure to the point of defeat in their battle against the Palestinians, and Netanyahu would move towards making concessions, however procedural they may seem, in favor of the Palestinians.
Hamas agreed to release ten Israeli prisoners in exchange for a ceasefire, a gradual Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and the exchange of Palestinian prisoners for the bodies of Israeli dead. This embarrassed Netanyahu and his team before the Americans, the families of the Israeli prisoners, and those who sympathized with them.
The military battle on the ground and in the field has not been decided in favor of either side in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The Israelis have failed, but they have not yet been defeated. The Palestinians have held out, but they have not yet won. This has been reflected in the form, content, and complexity of the negotiations, due to the conflicting interests and visions between the two parties to the conflict, and the gap between them remaining without reaching a realistic and objective settlement that meets the interests of both parties, as long as neither side has achieved victory over and defeated its enemy.



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