Just a week ago, Israel met at Tel Aviv's Hostage Square to thank President Trump and his Middle Eastern envoys for their role in helping them secure their first ceasefire contract in Gaza and release the hostages. It's there.
Many of them released the remaining hostages that were released when Trump, longtime Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu negotiated the end of the war with Hamas and the two leaders met in Washington. I was hoping to agree to do it. Tuesday.
Instead, they awaken to the news of Trump's fantastic idea of removing about 2 million Gazan populations from the devastating enclave, giving way to the glowing, US-owned Middle Eastern Riviera. I did.
Trump's vision of Gaza is overstated as the Arab world has rejected it all round and the forced removal of the population violates international law. – The weekly stage is scheduled to end in early March.
When Trump sketched out Gaza's grand scheme, he puts mostly public pressure on Netanyahu, proceeding with consultations through Qatar-Egyptian intermediaries, and a temporary ceasefire to permanently halt hostilities I changed it. That left Israel with a wide anchorage on how to deal with Gaza next.
The discussions that were scheduled to begin this week are currently in the air. Netanyahu leaves Washington with Trump's support, despite practically sought by far-right members of the Israeli government: a massive migration of Palestinians from Gaza.
It evaluates the way extremist groups move forward, leaving the fate of hostages still held by Hamas in question, as many Palestinians are worried about whether the war will resume again.
“On the other hand, I'm very grateful for what Trump is doing,” he said, and his son Aron Owell, 23, invited him out of a bomb shelter as he tried to escape from the music festival during a Hamas-led assault. said Iddit Owell. The war began on October 7th, 2023.
“Now,” O'Hall said of Trump.
Netanyahu praised Trump's idea as “surprising” in an interview with Fox News later Wednesday, and told him that he should “pursuing” the details of how to move forward with ceasefire negotiations. It was owned.
And on Thursday morning, Netanyahu's loyal defense minister Israel Katz told the Israeli military, “Any Gaza residents interested in departing anywhere in the world agree that it will accept them. ”
The initial stages of the ceasefire agreement will come into effect on January 19th, providing Hamas will release 33. He was taken hostage in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians who were imprisoned in Israel. Approximately 79 hostages remain in Gaza, with at least 35 people estimated to be dead.
The speech was to begin on Monday (day 16 of the contract) in the second phase. That means the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.
As Israel and Hamas support mutually exclusive demands, the language about the transition to the second phase was intentionally left vague.
Netanyahu vowed to continue the war until Hamas became unsettled in Gaza and resumed combat if necessary. Hamas refuses to abandon control or disarm.
In a repeated statement in Washington, Netanyahu laid out three priorities in Gaza, with hostages coming only second.
“In Gaza, Israel has three goals: destroy Hamas' army and governing capabilities, ensure the release of all hostages, and ensure that Gaza poses no threat to Israel again,” he said. Ta.
Netanyahu stands to lose his own grip on his own power as the far right side of his governing coalition threatened to quit if Hamas still controls the war in Gaza. I have done it.
As of Thursday, the Israeli delegation had not departed for negotiations in Doha, Qatar.
Trump also said it is unclear if a ceasefire will arise, hearing that he has less commitment to hostage fate and ending the war than before. However, he spoke about “going to Phase II” of the ceasefire and said he wanted to drive out all the hostages. “If we don't, it's just making us a little violent,” he said.
In the Middle East, analysts were analyzing Trump's. A structural shift regarding Gaza's future may mean a more immediate period.
Cobi Michael, an expert on the Israel-Palestinian conflict at the National Security Institute at Tel Aviv University, said: “He not only changed the rules of the game, he changed the game itself,” he said.
Israel and Hamas will both want to buy time – Hamas will rehabilitate himself and his troops to maintain the right-wing coalition after 15 months of war and Mr Netanyahu – and the deal's You may try to extend one stage. Allows more hostage prisoners to be exchanged.
Michael said Trump's vision for Gaza without Gaza could serve as a threat and put a lot of pressure on Hamas to release more hostages. Conversely, he said Hamas could completely leave the deal.
“Mr. Trump is a businessman,” Michael said. “He takes a risk.”
Zakaria al-Kak, a Palestinian national security expert, negotiates ceasefire by making Hamas more cautious and destabilizing the entire Arab world, even a mere proposal to relocate two million Gazas. He said it is likely to complicate the
Trump's declaration is “the perfect recipe for recruiting more people in Hamas,” adding that Trump's “new colonialism” gave Hamas a “easy marketing tool.”
Many believe that Trump's vision for Gaza is not feasible, but regardless of the reality, Netanyahu has not had any indication that he will put pressure on Trump or the sunlight between them. His government is unharmed for now.
An Israeli official who described Israeli political reporters in Washington after the Netanyahu Trump Conference said that Netanyahu's coalition partner would say that it would be irresponsible and block “historical” opportunities to defeat Trump and the right-wing government as president. said it was clear. For the next few years.
Hostage relatives warn that they don't have time.
“I live in daily fear,” said Aron Nimrodi, the father of Tamil Nimrodi, an Israeli soldier who will be released only during the second phase of the deal.
Trump's vision for Gaza was not bad, Nimrody said. “But this is not the time to talk about it,” he said. He said Gaza's plans should wait until “after the hostages are released.”
