Netanyahu will accept a cessation of hostilities in the Middle East in January as a gift to Republican Trumppublishes The Washington Post
▲ An Israeli airstrike hit the Ghobeiry neighborhood, in the south of Beirut, from where Tel Aviv intends to eliminate the Hezbollah rebels.Photo Afp
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Saturday, November 16, 2024, p. 20
Beirut. Hamas affirmed yesterday that it is willing to agree to a ceasefire in Gaza and insisted that it must be definitive and include the military withdrawal of Israel, while the Minister of Security of that country, Itamar Ben Gvir, refused to do so. concessions to the civilian population of the strip until all the hostages are released; Furthermore, he described bad decision of his government the recent delivery of humanitarian aid and recalled that he was the only one who voted against this measure, media outlets in Tel Aviv reported.
For his part, the president of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, stressed that his people will not abandon the pursuit of freedom and independenceand assured that his hand remains committed to peace, but not at any price.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese Parliament stated that it is considering a ceasefire proposal sent by the United States, but assured that the text is unacceptable as it is, since it includes the formation of a committee to supervise the implementation of United Nations Resolution 1701. United Nations, which orders the disarmament of Hezbollah and its withdrawal from the border with Israel beyond the Litani River.
In this context, Ali Lariyani, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s envoy to Beirut, reaffirmed support for the decision made by Tehran. Lariyani met with the Lebanese Prime Minister, Nayib Mikati, and in Syria with President Bashar al Assad, with whom he analyzed the situation of the Israeli war in the region.
Europe changes gesture to Tel Aviv
Likewise, the foreign ministers of the European Union will discuss proposals to prohibit imports from illegal Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories and suspend political dialogue with Tel Aviv for its numerous violations of international law, reported Josep Borrell, high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and vice president of the European Commission.
Israel, for its part, would seek give Donald Trump an early foreign policy victory by reaching a ceasefire in January, according to an account published by The Washington Post, which cites unnamed Israeli officials. That message would have been conveyed by the Israeli head of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, a close collaborator of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to the president-elect of the United States and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, in conversations held this week at Trump’s property in Florida, Mar -to-Lake.
In the field of war, the Israeli offensive continued on Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. At least 37 people were killed in Tel Aviv attacks in the strip since dawn, while in Lebanon at least eight people died from bombings in the south, adding to the 3,386 deaths since the conflict broke out in Gaza on October 7.
In Syria, Israeli forces shelled the Mezzeh district of Damascus in the second attack in two days.
The news site Axios reported that Israel’s airstrikes in Iran last month, in response to an earlier Iranian attack on Tel Aviv, destroyed equipment Tehran needed to develop a nuclear weapon.
For its part, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad published a new video of a hostage who identified himself as a Russian citizen, named Alexander Trufanov. Moscow requested the release immediate and unconditional of his two compatriots who remain on the fringe: Maxin Herkin and Trufanov.
Hostages no longer matter
A senior Israeli official told the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth that those who have spoken recently with Netanyahu, including US President Joe Biden’s top advisers, have come away with the impression that the prime minister believes the fate of the hostages has already been decided. determined, The Times of Israel reported.
Netanyahu puts more emphasis on the dead than the livingsaid the senior official on condition of anonymity.
Meanwhile, US-Palestinian Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib requested the resignation of US State Department Secretary Antony Blinken for breaking the law by selling weapons to Israel, while Tel Aviv blocks the entry of US humanitarian aid into Gaza.