Sinwar and Netanyahu succeed
Recent reports from a famous Israeli journalist at Axios highlight the despair of Biden’s foreign policy team regarding the ceasefire agreement plan in Gaza, showing the chaotic state of negotiations and the absolute disarray of the situation. So far, the significant achievement of this team has been to prevent a full-scale war in the region, but beyond that, the execution of six hostages by Hamas has changed everything. Biden was on the path to presenting a final plan to both parties for a ceasefire agreement and shares his anger with Hamas and the Israeli government with the Emir of Qatar and the President of Egypt. In any case, several other American hostages remain among those held by Hamas. The families of the hostages had asked American officials in talks with the White House to negotiate directly with Hamas for the release of their loved ones, disregarding Israeli conditions. This proposal was never taken seriously, but Biden is furious over Hamas’s recent actions and the execution of the hostages, which included an American citizen. His team has concluded that Sinwar, like Netanyahu, is determined to disrupt the groundwork for an agreement, and the remaining solution is to pressure him through the Egyptians and Qataris. Netanyahu’s bizarre press conferences and his words and actions have shown his determination to maintain the current situation. There is no one in the world who doesn’t know that he needs the continuation of the war and crisis to remain in power as Prime Minister and to avoid imprisonment in the cases he is entangled in. He paralyzed the negotiations using the issue of border corridors. Sinwar is also in a situation where any calm and ceasefire without guaranteeing his dominance over Gaza will end his career. He carried out the sinister October 7th operation with hopes of maximum popularity and increasing extremism in Israel, dragging other Palestinian groups, Hezbollah, and Iran into the battlefield, and disrupting Arab-Israeli relations. Only the second goal was achieved, and he failed in the rest. With what Hamas did on October 7th, there is no way back. The execution of the hostages also revived the memory of Hamas’s dark actions on that day. Sinwar is naturally not concerned about the fate of the people of Gaza, and his internal organizational talks with other Hamas officials that were recently published also confirm this reality. On Sunday, news came that senior Israeli negotiators, frustrated by Netanyahu’s obstructions and hindrances, told the hostage families that an agreement is unlikely. They have asked these families to continue their efforts to apply pressure on Netanyahu and not to abandon public protests. Bitter days await these families and the innocent people of Gaza. Netanyahu and Sinwar are on the path to a great success, with their continuation and survival coming at the cost of their people’s lives.