by Jonathan Spyer | The Spectator | August 19, 2024
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The latest information seeping out from the negotiations for an end to the war in Gaza suggest that agreement between the sides remains out of reach. According to a report by Axios today, Hamas yesterday rejected an updated US proposal, claiming that the new formula aligned with attempts by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to raise ‘new conditions and demands with the aim of undermining the mediators’ efforts and prolonging the war’.
While one should not rule out the possibility that we are the recipients of a messaging strategy designed to secure further concessions in the negotiations, it does appear that the talks are floundering on substantive gaps between the two sides. In turn, this reflects their differing and indeed diametrically opposed goals for the outcome of the war and for the next phase.
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Although there is nothing new here, it is useful to reinforce previous knowledge.
With the difference that Netanyahu is actually in power and Trump isn’t, their situations are very similar: their oppositions are doing everything they can to oppress. They could both go home and leave the mess behind them, but we need leaders such as these right now.