OPINIONS
Fri 14 Feb 2025 9:11 am - Jerusalem Time
Agreement with suspension!

With Hamas confirming its commitment to implementing the ceasefire agreement and exchanging hostages and prisoners, according to the specified and agreed upon timetable, after negotiations and discussions with Qatari and Egyptian officials in Doha and Cairo, all eyes are supposed to be on the sixth batch of the exchange deal tomorrow, Saturday. However, Israel, as usual, always throws a wrench in the wheels, and Netanyahu’s office appears and denies the reports broadcast by Hamas about resolving the crisis, claiming that they are false news and have no basis in truth.
The Israeli denial comes despite the existence of an official agreement, so that Netanyahu can avoid embarrassment in front of the extremist ministers, most notably Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, both of whom admitted that Israel had yielded to Hamas’ demands. Some Israeli analysts also said that Hamas’ pressure succeeded, that it threatened and got what it wanted, and that the caravans will enter Gaza.
It is clear from Ben Gvir’s statements that Israel did not exploit Trump’s statements to subjugate Hamas, but on the contrary, continued to submit to them, which indicates that Israel agreed to implement the relief protocol, especially the humanitarian one, but Netanyahu is still procrastinating and practicing his usual policy of delay, in order to achieve a balance in his policy based on the need to please his hardline ministers.
Israel is still delaying the entry of heavy equipment and mobile homes into the Strip, even though they are crowded in front of the Rafah crossing, awaiting an Israeli decision to allow them to enter, as part of the threat by some ministers to prevent the reconstruction of Gaza until after the elimination of Hamas.
It is clear that Israel's policy is a propaganda show, as the Israeli Channel 12 says, with the aim of paving the way for Israeli public opinion, that Hamas is the one who backed down from the conditions it set to continue the exchange process. In fact, there is a clear and explicit agreement between Israel and Hamas, and each party made certain concessions on its part to ensure the implementation of the agreement. However, Israel is always trying to delay the implementation of any agreement. Among the propaganda shows it is carrying out is yesterday's meeting to assess the situation at the headquarters of the southern command of the army, in the presence of Netanyahu, the Minister of Defense, and senior army and Shin Bet leaders, in order to implement the agreement, but in a evasive and maneuvering manner until Friday, which is the date on which Hamas is scheduled to announce the names of the three detainees who will be released tomorrow, Saturday.
Israeli estimates do not stop at the Saturday payment barrier, but rather go beyond that to the possibility of releasing this week, including Saturday, six of the detainees, due to Hamas’s decision to maintain what was agreed upon. From here, Netanyahu must end his yellow war, because his plans and tricks are no longer exposed only to the Palestinian street.
And for the Israelis, and even for the whole world, and from here the introduction of heavy equipment and caravans within the relief protocol are matters that were previously agreed upon and the necessary guarantees were provided regarding them through the mediators, who must oblige Israel to implement its part according to the agreement and not leave it without implementation, because Hamas may return to set new conditions if Israel does not commit to implementing all the details of the agreement.
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