r/JewsOfConscience • u/sar662 Jewish • Jul 11 '24

Opinion Opinion | A Gaza cease-fire agreement appears within reach

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/10/israel-hamas-gaza-ceasefire-agreement-within-reach/

It's not a done deal by any stretch of the imagination but I'm glad to see there is hope again.

The key things that have shifted seem to be * (So far unspecified) Arab states have agreed to back an interim government which is not Hamas, not israel, is not the Palestinian authority (but has ties to the PA) * Egypt saying they will work to block new smuggling tunnels between Egypt and Gaza. * Both sides agreed to a UN proposal that once a ceasefire begins it will continue indefinitely as long as both parties are engaged in further negotiation.

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u/noam99 Jul 11 '24

(So far unspecified) Arab states have agreed to back an interim government which is not Hamas, not israel, is not the Palestinian authority (but has ties to the PA)

Egypt saying they will work to block new smuggling tunnels between Egypt and Gaza.

This is a complete betrayal of the Palestinian resistance. Of course I hope for a ceasefire...but this sounds like a way for the US to install a proxy government in Gaza and weaken the resistance's ability to engage in future armed struggle—which will be necessary as long as there is colonial domination over Palestine. I'd find it agreeable if those were red lines for Hms.

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u/noam99 Jul 11 '24

Your obviously being facetious...it's moronic to conflate a struggle between faction groups with a regime change imposed by an imperial power. If you're implying that Palestinian were "better off" without Hamas...that's simply revisionist history.

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u/noam99 Jul 11 '24

Thanks for the clarity. Hamas's rise in popularity and effectiveness in confronting the colonial forces indicates to me that Palestinians see them as a more legitimate means to liberation than Fatah (or PLO at large). In that sense, one could argue the resistance is "better off" with Hamas as a leading voice and authority. One could argue Palestinians are "better off"—though I don't think that's up to me to do here. I think we could agree the rise of Hamas over the PLO obviously backfired for Israel; so of course I'm not suggesting there is one easy path to enduring peace with "regime change" (in the broad sense of the phrase) involved.