Unilateralism

On January 18, 2025, before Donald Trump assumed his constitutional powers, and before assuming the presidency of the United States on January 20, 2025, he was able to impose a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, after Netanyahu responded to him, and did not refuse any of his orders or requests. The ceasefire remained in effect until the aggression, attack, and bloody war were resumed by the colonial forces on March 18, 2025, until now, after the failure of direct negotiations between the American envoy Adam Boehler and the Hamas movement. This failure provided political cover from Trump to Netanyahu to resume the barbaric war on the Gaza Strip, which continues to this day, with greater ferocity.

Despite the understandings reached between the US and Hamas delegations, which led to the release of the American-Israeli prisoner, Idan Alexander, in good faith by Hamas on Monday, May 12, 2025, it has not received a response that reflects its willingness to reach an agreement with the Netanyahu government based on the understandings reached with the US delegation: Steve Witkoff and Adam Boehler.

Netanyahu rejected these understandings and refused to respond to the American request. He continues his stubbornness, brutality, ferocity, and racist aggression against the civilian population of the Gaza Strip. He increased his ferocity against them, saying, "I am the one who makes the decision, and the war operations will not stop," because he is committed to the plan set by the small political, security, and military cabinet, "the cabinet," which aims to return the Israeli prisoners, alive or dead, and to end the Hamas movement and force it to surrender. This led to the dissatisfaction of the Qatari mediators, who saw, according to the American website Axios, "that the Israeli negotiating team did not come to Doha to conduct serious negotiations, and did not offer anything new," because it does not have the authority to present any negotiating paper. The impression emerged that "the Israeli negotiating team came to Doha with the aim of sabotaging the talks" and to provide Netanyahu with an excuse to not stop the war and continue it.

Netanyahu accepts a temporary ceasefire pending a prisoner exchange, thereby stripping Hamas of its negotiating card—the prisoners—and potentially resuming its war on the Gaza Strip. In return, Hamas demands a complete ceasefire, an Israeli withdrawal from the Strip under American guarantees, and the reconstruction of what was destroyed by the occupation forces.

Palestinian civilians are paying the price in the Gaza Strip, and no one is truly standing with them, expressing solidarity with them, or making serious efforts to pressure the colonial government or the United States to force Netanyahu to stop his inhumane, immoral, and illegal war against civilians. President Trump is indifferent, and the suffering and pain of the Palestinians are not worth paying for.

Hamas' slogan, "We are the flood, we are the day after," despite its lack of credibility, reflects its continued monopoly over managing the political conflict. Hamas has ignored the importance of the Palestinian Authority's partnership in negotiating alongside it. Thus, it lacks the drive for partnership between Ramallah and Gaza. It does not seek to expand the base of partnership, nor does it work to "involve" the Palestinian Authority in the national battle against the common enemy. Instead, it maintains the monopoly and unilateralism that it offers a free gift to the colony in its monopoly over the Gaza Strip.