And Washington comes what could be the final blow to the political aspirations of Benjamin Netanyahu. According to sources heard from Axiosthe Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked its team of analysts to study the possibility of a recognition of a Palestinian state on the part of the United States. If the line is supported, the US will not exercise its veto on the admission of Palestine as a member state of the United Nations and will put pressure on other countries, Israel in mind, to arrive at a widely shared recognition.
It would be an epochal turning point for the history of Israel, with its main ally, America, pushing decisively towards two-state solution. A solution that cannot include Netanyahu remaining at the helm of the country, he who in 30 years of politics has always declared that a State of Palestine would never have arisen if he had remained in government. Washington, through the spokesperson of the State Department, Matthew Milleralso responds to the statements of the Israeli defense minister, Yoav Gallantwho had reiterated his desire to maintain a Israeli military presence in the strip at the end of the war: the United States discussed with Israel the issue of creating a buffer zone and they said they were against any reduction of the territory of the Strip.
In light of the rumours, it is perhaps no coincidence that representatives of Hamas e Fatahthe two most relevant rival parties in the Palestinian galaxy, met in Beirutin Lebanon, to coordinate on the political posture to be taken in the coming months. Premature analyses, however, given that the conflict a Gaza is still underway, Netanyahu is still at the helm of the executive and the will of the allies is to arrive at a State of Palestine that does not contemplate, neither in the Strip nor in West Banka Hamas administration.
In the meantime, however, the talks between Israel and the armed Palestinian party, mediated by the United States and Arab countries, appear to be making progress on a lasting ceasefire that leads to release of the hostages Israelis and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Tel Aviv prisons. From what the Washington PostIsrael accepted the proposal put forward by the United States, Qatar ed Egypt that predicts six weeks of respite in exchange for the release of the remaining 109 living hostages, according to Tel Aviv estimates, which will also have to correspond to the releases of Palestinian prisoners in a ratio of 3 to 1, as well as a temporary movement of Idf away from the densely populated areas of Gaza and to a significant increase in humanitarian aid that flow into the enclave. A proposal now being examined by the leaders of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad. The 2-3 page document also contains a framework for the future of the Strip, with subsequent pauses of more than six weeks during which Israeli military prisoners and the bodies of hostages who died in captivity would be returned, in the hope of then reaching a permanent ceasefire.
To encourage the return of the kidnapped people, even the leader of the opposition party Yesh Atid, Yair Lapidhas given its willingness to join the government of national accord, as previously done by Benny Gantzto allow Netanyahu to make the decision without the fear of an executive crisis threatened by his far-right allies, led by the Minister for National Security Itamar Ben Gvir.