Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets criticizing the government for the way it has handled the hostage issue.
Pessimism about the end of the war. On the one hand, for the eighth consecutive night, tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated yesterday in the center of Tel Aviv and in other cities of the country, criticizing the Netanyahu government for the way it has managed the issue of the release of hostages.
On the other hand, there is a clear question as to whether and to what extent it will be possible to achieve the goals of the war, which seems to be never ending.
The recent decision of the Israeli government to keep the Philadelphia Axis under military control not only hinders the progress of the negotiations but also creates more disagreements between Israel and Egypt.
At the same time, on the northern Israel-Lebanon front, the climate remains warlike, with daily rocket launches by Hezbollah and Israeli shelling of the organization’s positions.
The climate of discontent in Israel is complemented by the uncertainty of at least 200,000 of the country’s citizens, who do not know if they will ever be able to return to their homes, in the towns of the perimeter of the Gaza Strip and on the Israel-Lebanon border.
The White House is pessimistic
The general pessimistic climate is reinforced by journalistic information relayed today from Washington by the Israeli media. In particular, there are growing indications that the White House will eventually delay sending Israel and Hamas its new “final” proposal, which will revise the framework of the truce in the hope of resuming negotiations.
Beyond Israel’s insistence on maintaining full military control over the Philadelphia Axis, today’s reports indicate that Hamas is making new demands related to the release criteria for Palestinians held in Israeli security prisons.
Hamas is reportedly asking for the release of Palestinian prisoners convicted of killing Israeli civilians in the first stage of the truce framework – a demand that the Israelis had already rejected during the first negotiating contacts.
As leaked to the Israeli press, State Department officials are now reportedly openly stating that “as things stand now, the war does not appear to be over before the end of President Biden’s term.”
Source :Skai
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