According to Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative, the plan contains elements that are \u201canathema\u201d to both Israel and Hamas. \u201cHamas does not want to disarm and give up a role in Palestine\u2019s future,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd Israel does not want to withdraw completely from the Gaza Strip, allow the Palestinian Authority to return, or agree to an eventual Palestinian state.\u201d<\/p>\n
In short, the plan doesn\u2019t advance self-determination for Palestinians, with economic development prioritized over political progress.<\/p>\n
It is \u201ctoo early to speak of peace,\u201d said Hugh Lovatt of the \u2028European Council on Foreign Relations. \u201cThe key to a successful ceasefire is whether the plans can really be implemented and both sides keep their part of the deal.\u201d Noting that many questions remain unanswered, he added that international support should be \u201cconditioned on Israel\u2019s explicit acceptance of a full withdrawal from Gaza and commitment to a genuine political pathway. Without this, the process will likely unravel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moreover, Hamas\u2019 intentions remain questionable, said Michael Milshtein, a Tel Aviv University academic and former head of the Palestinian division of Israel\u2019s military intelligence. \u201cHamas leaders have been saying in the last few hours that they will never give up their weapons. And when it comes to the board of peace that will rule Gaza, they\u2019re making it clear that in reality there will only be Palestinian regime in Gaza, and they will call the shots,\u201d he told POLITICO.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe important thing from the Hamas point of view is they survived after two years of the toughest conflict ever between Israel and the Palestinians,\u201d Milshtein added. \u201cEven after their high casualty rate and the destruction of their arsenal, they will remain the dominant player in Gaza. And behind the scenes, even if they\u2019re not the official authority, they will still be the dominant player in Gaza, much like Hezbollah in Lebanon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, he fears radical Israeli settlers will continue to push for more settlements in the West Bank, further weakening the Palestinian Authority to the benefit of Hamas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative, the plan contains elements that are \u201canathema\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[49,6557,54,42,46,61,3799,6558,47,8251,43,48,140,40,38,41,39,1032,2201],"class_list":["post-66285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-diplomacy","tag-donald-trump","tag-headlines","tag-israel","tag-israel-hamas-war","tag-israeli-palestinian-conflict","tag-kaja-kallas","tag-middle-east","tag-negotiations","tag-news","tag-palestine","tag-security","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-united-states","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}