r/JewsOfConscience • u/sar662 Jewish • Jul 11 '24
Opinion Opinion | A Gaza cease-fire agreement appears 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/PapaverOneirium Jul 11 '24
I’m pessimistic but god I hope this finally works.
Netanyahu is between a rock and a hard place and has to choose from, at least to him, only bad options. Ending the war will anger his coalition, likely trigger elections, the continuation of his corruption prosecution, and so on. But the domestic and international pressure to end the war are both immense. Hezbollah continues to apply military pressure and claim they will do so until the Gaza siege ends. Despite the chest beating by some Israelis and supporters, an all out war with Hezbollah would be a disaster for Israel both militarily and geopolitically, even if they are able to “send Lebanon back to the Stone Age” as Gallant recently claimed.
So will he choose the option that costs him more personally but leads to an end to the war, or will he choose a path of solidifying his grasp on power by expanding it at the cost of countless more lives and more damage to Israel?