As anti-war sentiment in American colleges and universities intensifies, Biden finally can't sit still!
On May 4, Egyptian media revealed that a major breakthrough had been made with Hamas on the Gaza ceasefire agreement, and a temporary ceasefire was expected to be achieved again. On May 5, the White House reached out to Hamas through Egypt and promised a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza. At the same time, the Israeli side also claimed that the United States had abruptly suspended military aid to Israel.
The United States advocates that this new ceasefire be realized in three phases.
In the first phase, Hamas released 20 to 33 Israeli hostages, belonging to elderly and infirm women and children, and the IDF withdrew from parts of Gaza for a maximum period of 40 days;
In the second phase, Hamas released all the living hostages, and Israel continued to maintain a ceasefire in Gaza for a maximum period of 42 days;
In the third phase, the two sides exchanged the remains of those killed in the war and Israel withdrew all its troops from Gaza for a maximum period of 42 days.
Up to now, three days have passed since the ceasefire negotiations, looking at the latest developments, except for the optimistic statements of the Egyptian media at the beginning, the mainstream media has not reported any reports on the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations in the past two days, of course, this period is also very lively, Hamas and Israel are still arguing hotly.
Obviously, there is a high probability that the talks will collapse this time.
Indeed, it is also expected, "Hamas" clearly stated: "It can be negotiated, but it cannot be negotiated at any cost", but there are too many loopholes in this agreement of the United States, and there is only a ceasefire period of 124 days at most, without any follow-up arrangements, and when the third phase is successfully completed, it means that "Hamas" has lost all its cards, and who can guarantee that there will be no changes at that time?
More importantly, although the United States has pledged to withdraw its troops and ensure that Israel transitions from a temporary ceasefire to a "permanent ceasefire", it does not buy from Israel's statement, and only mentions the exchange of detainees and a temporary ceasefire. Therefore, "Hamas" demanded that the United States and Israel write a "permanent ceasefire" into the agreement, but after being directly rejected, it took a step back and lowered the ceasefire demand to "five years" and wrote it into the agreement, but the Israeli side still refused.
At present, the "Hamas" negotiators have left Egypt, and the only good news is that the "Hamas" team will return, and there is still a chance to achieve a ceasefire through negotiations.
Now, less than 200 days before the U.S. election, Biden really wants a ceasefire, and if it doesn't stop, the presidential throne is estimated to be "picked up" by the king, in this case, pressing the "stop button" for Palestine and Israel has become Biden's top priority, but the key to the ceasefire agreement is that the United States guarantees Israel's withdrawal of troops and persuades Israel to sign a ceasefire agreement, which is not easy at all.
Soon after the outbreak of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Netanyahu made clear the goals of the war: "to eliminate Hamas, rescue Israeli hostages, and establish a puppet government in Gaza." It has been more than half a year now, and the Wehrmacht has suffered heavy losses and spent tens of billions of dollars, but Gaza has not been occupied, hundreds of hostages have not been rescued, and as for resisting "Hamas" for three months at most, they have all been invited to the negotiating table by the United States.
It can be said that Israel has not gained any benefits from this war, except for the sudden assault of more than 30,000 Palestinian civilians, and it will be even more aggrieved if it withdraws all its troops from Gaza in accordance with the "good boy's" proposition. Therefore, in recent times, the US armistice proposal has been repeatedly rejected by the Israeli trio, and even cabinet members have warned Netanyahu that if a cease-fire agreement is signed, "he will be overthrown immediately."
Then, let's take a look at the news of the past two days, on May 5, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again spoke out with a resolute attitude: "Israel will not withdraw its troops from the Gaza Strip, and Israel will not accept Hamas's rebuilding of military infrastructure in Gaza." On the same day, Israeli warplanes bombed a house in the southern Gaza city of Rafasalam, resulting in many casualties.
So, is it really possible for Palestine and Israel to achieve a permanent truce through negotiations? Will Israel give up attacking Rafah? Will Hamas end its hatred of Israel?
This is almost a false proposition, even if it is written in black and white "permanent ceasefire", it will not help, how much can the endorsement of Lao Mei be worth? You see, at most, there will be a period of calm for the time being, Israel will soon launch an offensive against Rafah, and Hamas will never lay down its weapons.
In this bloody land, the killing will continue, and "tooth for tooth and blood for blood" has become the fate of Gazans.