Gaza Peace Talks Stuck as Netanyahu Faces Pressure from Israeli Right Wing

The Gaza peace talks and prisoner exchange appear to be stuck between the jawans of the Israeli right, who are pressing to launch a military campaign in Rafah, and the families of Israeli detainees who have gone out in demonstrations great opposition to the wartime government. , accusing its president, Benjamin Netanyahu, of trying to “undermine the only chance of salvation,” at a time when the “move” Hamas has begun” before delivering e the answer, to clarify some points.

Netanyahu is trying to avoid the possibility of causing a break in the ongoing talks in Cairo, as Israel’s Channel 12 revealed that the head of the wartime government “did not invite cabinet ministers, Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, to participate in the talks during which it was decided not to send Israeli negotiators to Cairo,” and revealed that Netanyahu’s office “issued press releases in which he confirmed that Israel would not give up attack on Rafah and that they will not agree to end the war. ”

As a result of the optimistic atmosphere broadcast by Cairo, Israeli Channel 13 reported that Israeli sources familiar with the talks said, “The signs are not good Israel they say clearly: There is a feeling that the Egyptians trying to paint a rosier picture than the truth. ”

Netanyahu is in line with the tough position represented by Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who welcomed Netanyahu’s decision not to send an Israeli delegation to Cairo, and he said in a short statement: “I welcome the Prime Minister’s decision not to send an Israeli delegation to Cairo.

Yen Gvir threatened to overthrow the government if Netanyahu did not fulfill the promises he made to him, and said: “The prime minister knows very well the price of not fulfilling these promises. “

As for Smotrich, he called for the acceleration of the launch of the planned property attack on the city of Rafah, stressing that he rejected an agreement on the exchange of prisoners with the Hamas movement that could end the ongoing war Israel in Gaza. Fighting for 211 days, he stressed that “the priority is still the Rafah attack.”

Smotrich said, “The Israeli government has only one mandate, and that is victory,” and he believed that a defeat agreement that would end the war without getting complete victory, “and he concluded by demanding” an immediate attack on Rafah. .”

Complaints from detainees’ families

She said, “The people of Israel want the kidnapped people to live and agree to pay the price, but Netanyahu prefers an alliance with Ben Gvir and Smotrich,” noting, ” If the price of getting the kidnapped people back is stopping the war, he says, it must be stopped immediately.”

The leader of the opposition Yair Lapid, when he participated in the demonstration in Tel Aviv, said that “there is no such thing as winning without an agreement and the kidnappers return instead of every message Stupid under the name (political source), Netanyahu they should send the negotiating team to Cairo tonight and tell them not to come back.”