by Palestine Chronicle Editors, August 16 https://www.palestinechronicle.com/deceptive-optimism-what-is-really-happening-at-the-gaza-ceasefire-talks-analysis/ . . . Saeed Ziad, a respected Palestinian analyst, summarized Hamas’ position in an interview with Al-Jazeera.
“Hamas did not participate directly or indirectly in these negotiations and had announced its boycott of the ‘talks’ a few days ago,” Ziad said, adding: “Hamas was hoping that they would be going to the execution of a ‘previous proposal’ rather than the negotiations ‘of a new one’.” “We are, in fact, going back in the negotiations, not moving forward. The American claims that the last two days have been the most fruitful for the negotiations are utter lies. We are facing the complete collapse of the negotiations.” Ziad said that the negotiations are facing complete disagreement on vital issues, not a discussion over details. “Israel is completely backtracking on everything that had been proposed and agreed on by the mediators,” Ziad said, revealing information that “Qatar and Egypt have offered to Israel more than ten different proposals, yesterday and today, and Israel has rejected all of them.” So what are the points of contention? According to Ziad and other experts, Israel still insists on having full control of the Netzarim area, in central Gaza, of the Philadelphi Route, separating Gaza and Egypt, over the Gaza crossing, the return of displaced Palestinians from the south to the north, and the mechanisms of moving between each phase of the agreement to the next. In fact, Israel continues to reject the principle of the permanent ceasefire. . . . -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31667): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31667 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/107946394/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
