The very bare minimum for a ‘ceasefire’ anywhere is that the firing must ‘cease’. If the firing hasn’t ceased, it’s not a ceasefire. Sure the firing occasionally ceases, but firing always occasionally ceases. Even in the hottest of wars.
The bottom line is that apart from returning some bodies, Hamas has done nothing to comply with the ceasefire. It has continued launching attacks. Israel in response has struck Hamas.
Hamas has made it clear that it will not disarm. Qatar, which negotiated the fake ‘ceasefire’, backed up the demands of its Hamas proxy at the Doha Forum, for a complete Israeli withdrawal until Hamas does anything. (And then Hamas won’t do anything anyway.)
The Muslim countries that were supposed to form the international force that was going to disarm Hamas and police Gaza have made it abundantly clear that they won’t disarm Hamas or police Gaza.
Despite the fact that there’s no functioning ceasefire or any possibility of moving to a second phase of the non-deal, the Trump administration reportedly wants to announce that it’s moving to the second phase on Christmas. While the timing for that looks great from a PR standpoint, it doesn’t reflect any kind of actual reality on the ground.
Nevertheless, the Trump administration really wants to announce Phase 2 and its ‘Board of Peace’ to run Gaza. (All we know about the ‘board’ is that former UK PM Tony Blair is no longer on it because Muslim countries objected to him). Israel is being reportedly pressured to go along so we can have another PR spectacle like the ceasefire deal that is completely detached from reality and acts as cover for a Hamas takeover.
Worse still, the so-called ISF international force is set to consist of Turkey, an Islamic terror state which recently threatened to nuke Israel, Egypt, which has coordinated with the Muslim Brotherhood, and other Muslim countries, and it will not be moving to disarm Hamas, rather it’s moving into parts of Gaza controlled by Israel. Israel will withdraw, and this ISF is supposed to then turn over control to the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’. In reality this supposed parallel government will just be a front for Hamas and the PLO.
And once Israel withdraws, it’ll be much harder to come back. Hamas is not only not being disarmed, but its next attacks and weapons construction will take place under the cover of occupying Muslim forces.
The United States needs to pull out of this farce before it spins out of control into violence and war on a much larger scale. There’s no ceasefire and moving to the next phase will make it worse. If we keep going down this road, instead of a war in Gaza, we could be looking at a regional war involving Israel, Egypt and Turkey.
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