I tell you again: Hamas agrees to the three-week deal: the end of the war, an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, an agreed release of the number and names of Palestinian prisoners, and the return of all the hostages – all in a three-week timeframe. I even have it in writing from Hamas. The paper is with Netanyahu and with the entire negotiating team. The paper is with Biden, with the Emir of Qatar and with the head of Egyptian intelligence. All of the hostages can be returned within three weeks.
For those who want that Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar, the chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau and the Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip to leave Gaza as part of the deal, they must understand that Mr. Sinwar will never agree to leave Gaza as part of any deal. There is no way that will happen. Sinwar is “Like a fish in water” with Gaza being the water. A fish does not come out of the water voluntarily.
My proposal, comes close to a deal that Hamas is ready for: within 3 weeks, the end of the war, a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, an agreed release of the number and names of Palestinian prisoners, and the release of all the Israeli hostages from Gaza
On another note
It is impossible not to think that the “pager” bombs in Lebanon were a brilliant and out-of-the-box operation. At the same time it was incredibly stupid as a strategy of trying to prevent a full scale war. If the people behind the operation thought it would create deterrence, it proved once again how far they are from truly understanding Hezbollah’s mindset. This operation brought us one giant step closer to a much wider war.
