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‘Take it or leave it’, US tells Israel ahead of Doha talks

Alameen Templeton

Amos Harel, a Haartez analyst says the Israeli “defence establishment” believes Israel and Hamas will get a “take-it-or-leave-it” offer at talks at ceasefire talks in Doha Thursday. The White House may also “take steps” against far-right Israeli ministers who oppose the deal, we’re told.

So far, White House “pressure” against West Bank settlers – the only sanctions the US has passed in 315 days of genocide – are limp-wristed holiday visa restrictions on the worst of West Bank settlers.

Many have described the sanctions as “a green light, rather than a red, to the unfolding genocide”.

They certainly haven’t stayed Israel’s hand. It continued assaults against civilians Thursday morning with attacks on civilians taking the death toll to 39 965, with more than 92 294 wounded and at least 11 000 still missing under the rubble.

With Kamala Harris standing by to inherit US president Joe Biden’s legacy on Gaza at home, Biden – the mastermind of the Ukraine war and the steadfast, global protector of Israel’s right to genocide – is now preparing to shuffle off stage with a clean sheet.

He’s trying to lay the international blame at Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s feet. His administration is Thursday firing off “diplomatic whispers” that he’ll “publicly blame” Netanyahu if Israel rejects the latest ceasefire proposal.

Despite Germany’s cheerleading of assaults on schools as a valid requirement of war strategy, the US establishment believes Israel’s military campaign has reached the end of the line.

The New York Times points out Tel Aviv has failed to find or destroy Hamas’s tunnel network and there’s nothing more to achieve militarily in Gaza.

In other words, the US believes Israel has been defeated in Gaza and the release of Israeli captives held by Hamas and a ceasefire can only be achieved through a negotiated outcome.

The tunnel network had proved “much larger than Israel anticipated” and remained “an effective way for Hamas to hide its leaders and move around fighters”, the NYT said.

But the US is not leaving Netanyahu out to dry. Reuters reports he received a consolation call from presidential candidate Donald Trump “to encourage him to accept a ceasefire deal”.

Trump’s camp refused to divulge more on their talk. Maybe Trump encouraged him by assuring him it would be the “ceasefire deal of the century”, containing “the best words” and signed by some of “my closest friends; it’s going to be beautiful, just beautiful, nothing better”.

In the mean time, the rest of the world – perhaps, we could call it the “civilised world” – continues trying to work around US-Israeli obstruction by giving voice to emerging Palestinian unity under the PLO banner.

Russia and China in recent weeks have hosted Palestinian groupings from both sides of the Hamas-Fatah divide. They’ve agreed to join hands under the old PLO flag in order to present a united front once the genocide ends.

Now, Turkiye says Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas is due to address the Turkish parliament in a special session Thursday. Turkiye issues the invitation after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint sitting of the US Congress three weeks  ago.

Associated Press reports Abbas met Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Wednesday to discuss “the massacres committed by Israel on Palestinian territories” and “the steps that need to be taken for a permanent ceasefire and peace”.

In contrast to Western nations that have banned Hamas as a terrorist organization, Erdogan has praised the group as “a liberation movement”. He also hosted assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Turkey on several occasions.

And Politico is reporting Thursday Saudi crown prince Muhammad bin Salman is living in fear of his life because he has continued pursuing a “normalisation” deal with Israel without resolving the issue of Palestinian statehood.

It says he’s taken to comparing himself to slain Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat who was killed by his own soldiers after reaching the “Camp David Accords” with Israel.

“He also has discussed the threats he faces in explaining why any such deal must include a true path to a Palestinian state — especially now that the war in Gaza has heightened Arab fury toward Israel,” Politico reports Thursday.

“The discussions have been weighty and serious, but one takeaway, the people said, is that the crown prince, often referred to as MBS, appears intent on striking the mega-deal with the U.S. and Israel despite the risks involved. He sees it as crucial to his country’s future,” it adds.

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