Shaheen: Netanyahu wants the war to continue in an effort to impose his conditions that are unacceptable to the Palestinians 
 Anabtawi: The coming period is likely for military escalation, and what is required is a unified Palestinian position 
 Al-Sabah: The disagreement and opposition to Netanyahu is not over the goals, but rather his exclusive decision-making and implementation mechanisms 
 Bisharat: We may witness developments regarding the International Justice Department’s decision demanding to prevent the invasion of Rafah. 


Only 24 hours had passed since the spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas, “Abu Ubaida,” announced, at dawn on Sunday, that a number of Israeli occupation soldiers had been captured, killed, and wounded in Jabalia, until the occupation planes carried out a new massacre against the camps for the displaced in Rafah, claiming the lives of dozens of martyrs and wounded. Their tents were burned, and the bodies of the martyrs were charred. All of this may come, according to writers and analysts, in the context of Netanyahu and his government’s pressure on the resistance and the Palestinian factions to accept his conditions.

A number of writers and analysts believe in their interview with “Al-Quds” that these crimes that Netanyahu is escalating against civilians come in the context of pressuring the resistance to accept his conditions, and he does not want negotiations within a framework for a solution, but rather in order to accept his conditions, and for the resistance to continue to stand firm in its position. Netanyahu does not want him, and he only wants the return of the Israeli detainees and the military presence in the Strip.
Writer and political analyst Khalil Shaheen told  “Al-Quds”: “There is an Israeli attempt to increase brutality and impose what cannot be imposed through negotiations, and the matter became clear after Netanyahu refused to accept the truce proposal that the resistance accepted at the beginning of this month, and to invade the Rafah crossing and control it, with the complicity of "From the United States, he wants to exert military pressure."

Shaheen continues: “On the other hand, the Palestinian resistance is carrying out field operations that have inflicted losses on the ranks of the Israeli army. These are specific operations of killing, wounding, capturing, and launching rockets, but Netanyahu and his government want to put pressure on the resistance through hideous massacres. The Israeli government has tried to appear that it is not disrupting the agreements. In fact, it wants escalation, and we are about to continue with more military aggression by the occupation.”

Shaheen points out that the ongoing war on Gaza has a negative impact on Israel, as the war has been prolonged, and there are internal pressures and Israeli opposition, and there is international pressure, which has increased recently, and may escalate in light of a global popular and official movement, which puts Israel in a dilemma and increasing pressures. But despite all this, Netanyahu is concerned with the continuation of the war, whether in Gaza or on the northern front.

According to Shaheen, during the coming period, we may witness broader protests in the Israeli street, with pressure and rifts between the military and politicians to stop the war, while Netanyahu seeks more military pressure, but the resistance’s choice will be a more military response.

He points out that the solidity of the resistance thwarted Netanyahu's plans, despite all the military pressure he was exerting, and although there was a breakthrough in the negotiations, Netanyahu wants to impose his conditions and continue the war, while Shaheen believes that the factions cannot accept Israeli ideas about releasing detainees and maintaining the occupation of Gaza.

For his part, writer and political analyst Samer Anabtawi says: “Netanyahu is trying to escape from the reality that is pressuring him, whether internally or internationally, with the continuation of the war. He is thus seeking to protect himself and the extremist government he leads, as well as protect the occupation project, and therefore He is maneuvering in negotiations, and this is the madness of force and failure to recognize the facts, and by continuing to do so, he will lead Israel towards isolation and abyss.”

He continues: "What Netanyahu wants is not negotiations. Rather, he wants to impose his conditions in full. We are living in a period of bone-breaking between the resistance and Israel. He does not want settlements, and wants to achieve everything. Therefore, he is escaping negotiations and playing with fire."
Anabtawi points out that three important factors may affect the course of the war on the Gaza Strip: internal disputes and failure to achieve Netanyahu’s war goals, the steadfastness of the resistance and its infliction of great losses on the occupation, and the international factor through international pressure, and all of these factors could make the war fail.

He stresses that the Palestinian position on the resistance level is steadfast and united, and requires a unified position from everyone in an important historical period, and that we reject internal differences, because all Palestinians are targeted, and that we realize that the coming period is a candidate for escalation and not calm.
In turn, the writer and political analyst Adnan Al-Sabah believes that Netanyahu is negotiating with himself and not with the resistance, and he is also concerned with the continuation of the war, as a means of giving himself and his army the opportunity to achieve any achievement, and no one from the Israeli opposition dares to tell Netanyahu that the declared goals of the war are unacceptable, but the disagreement is between them. Not over the goals, which are common to all Israelis, but rather the disagreement over his unique decision-making and the mechanisms for implementing the goals.

He adds: Netanyahu does not believe that his political career is over, and he does not want to end it. The United States of America is also concerned with Netanyahu’s survival because he will bear the consequences of the entire crime and any failure he suffers. Netanyahu is managing the battle and realizes that the only danger he faces is that he may be assassinated. 

Al-Sabah points out that Netanyahu does not want to negotiate with the resistance, and if the war is stopped without achieving its goals, this will be a failure for him, and what is happening between the resistance and the occupation is a fateful and existential battle.

Al-Sabah points out that the demands of the street in Gaza in the current period are for the resistance, which is in the best and strongest condition, to avenge it, but its responsibility is greater, and it cannot give up its demands, the most important of which is rapid relief and shelter after the end of the war. However, the most dangerous question is after the war and not now.

According to Al-Sabah, we are entering a stage of greater escalation from Israel and the resistance, and with the negotiations reaching this path of intransigence and the ferocity of battles in the field, there is no choice but escalation, as Netanyahu and his government are trying to resort to more military pressure, and we are in the stage of a war of wills. And biting the fingers.

For his part, the writer and political analyst Suleiman Bisharat says: “Netanyahu does not negotiate with fire, but rather he wants to complete his plans since the beginning of the war, and for about 4 months Netanyahu has been promoting that storming Rafah will bring victory, and what is happening recently is through escalation.” In the field, and under pressure at the international level, Netanyahu is racing against time to try to achieve the goals he wants.”

Bisharat continues: “The decision of the International Court of Justice regarding the demand to prevent the invasion of Rafah may witness developments during the coming period, especially since the Secretary-General stated that he wants to take the file to the Security Council,” noting that the decision is in the Security Council, even if it is met with an American “veto.” All the international movement taking place puts pressure on America and Netanyahu.

He points out the new variable through the Egyptian-Israeli security tension at the Rafah crossing yesterday, which could witness more tension between the two sides, and may carry a political message, especially since the relationship between the two sides is at stake.

Bisharat points out that Netanyahu is looking for field achievements during this stage, and is trying to keep his government from collapsing, so he is seeking to intensify military operations during the coming period, but all of this will increase the pressure on Israel, and that pressure may succeed, if the equation changes, If Netanyahu is sought to be overthrown, especially by the Zionist lobby.