When Witkoff turns against himself!

Since assuming his duties as Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, a lawyer and political scientist from a Jewish family, has taken his first steps in diplomacy by negotiating a ceasefire in Gaza. He has achieved a success that his predecessors failed to achieve, as they appeared confused and blinded by bias to the point of complicity in a war of extermination. This war could have been stopped and all detainees released from its first months, had good intentions outweighed bad intentions, as the former head of the Shin Bet stated.

Today, the man returns in similar rounds to put the agreement he concluded back on track, after Netanyahu turned against him, in response to the blackmail of his partners, who threaten to break away from him and not pass the budget on the 25th and 26th of this month. Contrary to the objective image he presented during the first round of negotiations, and his overcoming of the evasions of the "fox" who used "Saturday" as an excuse to delay his attendance to complete the ceasefire, Witkov these days appears as if he is turning against himself after ousting his colleague Boehler for prioritizing his country's interests over Israel's whims. Witkov has begun to flatter Netanyahu and go along with his retreat, knowing his deception and lies, to evade the requirements of the second stage. Witkov may wait until the end of this month for the budget to be passed, freeing Netanyahu from the pressure of his partners and making him more susceptible to pressure and manipulation, to complete the agreement he played a major role in achieving. "He is not a traditional diplomat, and he does not care about protocols. He seeks to achieve results quickly," say those close to him.

Osama Hamdan's revelation yesterday about Witkoff's new proposal is not reassuring. Adhering to it will threaten the lives of detainees and exacerbate the suffering of Gazans who are consuming the dung beetles to stave off hunger under the severe blockade. Between now and the budget's passage, Gaza will experience difficult times, given the escalating daily killings and shelling of displaced persons in their homes, markets, and shelters in the areas to which they have returned.