In light of the rejoicing in the
streets of Gaza with the announcement of the ceasefire, Hamas is trying to
appear victorious. It turns out that the split between Hamas leader Ismail
Haniyeh and Khaled Mashal has led Hamas to agree to the terms with no real
achievement. Under the agreement, Hamas will accept a deal that it tried to
avoid. Together with the leaders of the Islamic Jihad, the Hamas leadership in
Gaza decided it was not ready to tolerate the sights of collapsing towers and
targeted killings, and began focusing efforts on the negotiations.
The
beginning of the dramatic move was a short movie in which Ismail Haniyeh
delivered a speech for the news agency "Al-Aqsa", which stated that
the parties are close to an agreement. Shortly thereafter, a similar message
appeared on the Facebook page of his deputy, which left Mashal with no choice
but to endorse the announcement and confirm that it is correct.
In fact, Hamas did not accept any
of the demands except the commitment to have a discussion, but that discussion
will also involve Israel's demand for the demilitarization of Gaza. Hamas is
unable to address the problems of Gaza - Thousands of homes were destroyed,
350,000 refugees with no infrastructure, electricity or water waiting for international
aid, but such an assistance will come from Saudi Arabia into the hands of the
Palestinian Authority and not Hamas, This means Hamas ceases to be the only
ruling power in Gaza.
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To a certain
extent what determined the results of the operation, was the decision to avoid
sending two divisions of the I.D.F. into Gaza, who knows how many additional deaths would
occur as a result. While Hamas has explicitly urged Israel to operate on the
ground, Israel focused its efforts using the air force, and the accomplishment
speaks for itself: Hamas agrees to what it originally opposed.
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