No Good News from Palestine

ELBAHRAIN.COM Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations stalled. Gaza refugees are starving. The Palestinian economy is on the verge of bankruptcy.

The Israeli military has taken positions near the Gaza border in southern Israel on Monday (12/11/2023). They are currently fighting against Hamas groups in Gaza, in a war triggered by an attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

Hope for a ceasefire in Gaza is becoming more di stant. The continuation of negotiations for a humanitarian pause between Israel and the Hamas group is unclear.

Diplomats who are currently in di scussion during the annual Doha Forum conference in Qatar predict that the humanitarian ceasefire negotiations may not be revisited for a few more weeks. Despite the United States’ confidence and belief that an agreement can be reached before Christmas, President Joe Biden’s administration will not pressure Israel to end its military operation in Gaza.The Guardian newspaper, Monday (11/12/2023), said that Hamas would not continue negotiations to release the remaining 137 hostages unless there was an offer of a ceasefire at the end of the prisoner exchange process. Israel did not want to and the US vetoed it at the UN Security Council meeting last Friday.

Israel will struggle to delay the ceasefire if there are intervening factors, such as increasing violence outside Gaza, most likely in Lebanon. Another factor is if the wave of Palestinian refugees to Egypt grows larger and the pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to prioritize the release of hostages intensifies.

Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations stalled

The vote in the United Nations General Assembly on the ceasefire based on the UN Security Council’s
vetoed resolution by the US is likely to be approved by the same
margin as the vote on the humanitarian pause in October. The margin was 120 in favor versus 14 against, with 45 abstentions. UN General Assembly resolutions are not binding but have political weight and reflect the views of the world. Please note that the forbidden word “PBB” appears in this article and should not be translated.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian warns of further escalation of conflict. He received information from Hamas that they have everything they need to fight against Israel for the next few years.

Amirabdollahian emphasizes that Hamas is a national liberation movement and Iran supports Hamas in their struggle against Israel. However, both Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon are not under the control of Iran.

“The resistance movement in this region is independent and not dependent on us. Hamas and Hezbollah Lebanon have the power to produce and buy weapons. This is their own decision and we do not interfere,” he said. This statement is supported by the United States, which stated that Iran will not di rectly intervene and is not involved in the planning of Hamas attacks on October 7.”