The armistice proposal in the Gaza Strip has been in its place since it was presented by the Egyptian and Qatari intermediary, on August 18, without an Israeli response or direct American support so far despite the approval of the “Hamas” movement.
This stalled scene comes in conjunction with Israel expanding its military operations in Gaza City, which is what experts who spoke to Asharq Al -Awsat see as a threat to the path of negotiations, amid American -Israeli consensus that may only accept a comprehensive proposal for Israel’s conditions, and this is what Hamas will reject, and the crisis will worsen.
The escalation has become ahead of the negotiating scene in steps, as the Israeli army announced, in a statement, on Friday, the Gaza City, which is inhabited by about a million Palestinians, a “dangerous fighting zone”, which is not covered by “the state of tactical truce (which is applied in specific areas daily to facilitate the distribution of aid) and temporarily for military activities”, stressing that it started the preliminary operations and the initial stages of the attack on it.
In a statement Friday, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office stated that the hostage of the hostage Ilan Weiss was restored from the Gaza Strip, stressing that the body of another person was also recovered, whose identity has not been announced yet.
Confirming the continued escalation in Gaza, the American website «Axios» reported on Thursday that the Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, told US President Donald Trump, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and Garrid Kushner, Trump’s son -in -law and his former consultant during his first presidential period, that his country is not seeking to occupy Gaza long.
Dermer’s confirmation came during a White House meeting headed by Trump, on Wednesday, and presented the Israeli “operational process to occupy Gaza City and increase humanitarian aid during the operation”, and the meeting showed that the main issue is still related to those who will control the Gaza Strip instead of “Hamas”, according to “Axius”.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Finance Minister, Btlael Smotrich, called, at a press conference in Jerusalem, on Thursday, to start annexing areas of the Gaza Strip if the Hamas movement continues to refuse to disarm, as part of what he called the “victory in Gaza’s plan by the end of the year.”
While the negotiating scene is still in its place, as the Prime Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, confirmed that “the Israeli side has not provided any official response to the armistice proposal so far.”
The Egyptian and Qatari sides stressed, in two statements of the two foreign ministries of the two countries, on Thursday evening, “the continuation of coordination between the two countries within the framework of the joint mediation to end the war on Gaza, ensure the protection of civilians, the release of prisoners and detainees, and the flow of humanitarian aid to address the catastrophic conditions in the Strip.”
Qatar and Egypt affirmed, according to the two, that “the proposal represents an opportunity to release the prisoners and detainees, stop the aggression, and ensure the urgent and safe flow of humanitarian aid to the sector, in a framework consistent with the proposals offered by the American President’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkev”, and condemned “the continuation of the Israeli aggression and the expansion of military operations in Gaza (…) that will lead to a complexity The conditions, and weakening the chances of reaching a just and comprehensive peace.
According to the Israeli channel “Kan”, the mini -ministerial council for security and political affairs (Al -Kabnit) is scheduled to hold a meeting next Sunday, to discuss the developments of the war on Gaza and the path of negotiations, especially after no progress in the meeting that was recently held in Tel Aviv between an Israeli and Egyptian delegation, referring to “differences between Israel and the Egyptian and Qatari mediators about the partial agreement that it agreed to it (agitation)”.
In the opinion of the professor of political science, specialized in Palestinian and Israeli affairs, Dr. Tariq Fahmy, the current military escalation is currently aimed at Netanyahu more pressure on Hamas to force her to make great concessions, not only in the release of all hostages but in security arrangements; Therefore, he continues to occupy and encircle Gaza City.
Fahmy believes that this escalation comes amid American-Israeli consensus on the occupation, without Washington showing a serious step towards the ceasefire with the aim of carrying out control first, stressing that the Egyptian-Qatari efforts are continuing and will not stop and will not freeze in order to defuse the escalation; Especially since the ball is now in the Israel Stadium, and the de facto strategy it will threaten and will threaten the region.
Palestinian political analyst, Dr. Ayman Al-Raqab, believes that negotiations will continue to be stumbling due to the serious American ignorance of the Egyptian-Qatari proposal, and the lack of any interaction with him, but rather harmony with Israel in the proceeding of its military operations, indicating that the scene has become complicated by the Israeli escalation that may threaten the whole region, and will increase the pace of international rejection and pressure as well.
On the other hand, the foreign ministers of Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Slovenia and Spain strongly in a joint statement, on Friday, denounced the latest attack by Israel in the Gaza Strip, and announced the establishment of a permanent presence in Gaza City, according to Reuters.
Activists, who are preparing to sail from Spain next Sunday, called on Gaza on dozens of boats carrying aid, governments to pressure Israel to allow their largest fleet so far – to pass through.
Hundreds of activists supporting the Palestinians are scheduled to start from 44 countries, including Swedish activist Gretta Tonbury, and the Portuguese left -wing politician Mariana Mortgua, from several Moan to Gaza, as part of the “Global Resilience Fleet”, according to Reuters, Friday.
Fahmy believes that the pressure will continue on Israel, and from it through what is coming after days in the United Nations General Assembly, especially with the potential European confessions in the Palestinian state, and this has more symbolic significance than political and realistic. It is expected that the pressure continues to return to the negotiations, but under fire, and demands one package on its terms and the “Hamas” offered great concessions, and the Palestinian movement may reject this, despite the impasse in which it is currently experiencing after the closing of the communication channel with the Americans.
The title is likely that the Egyptian and Qatari budget accept that the doors of negotiations will not be closed even if by presenting the comprehensive proposal on the table with the aim of disrupting that Israeli escalation, stressing that the continuous pressures from different parts of the world must communicate with it clear international sanctions to stop the possible displacement of Palestinians as a result of this current military operation, and to open a real settlement path that supports the stability of the region.
