As the New York Times reports, Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7 was intended to establish a permanent state of war with Israel. The aim of the terrorist organization is to revive the Palestinian issue through violence. This was confirmed to the newspaper by several senior Hamas members.
Hamas is therefore consciously following an escalating course in the conflict with Israel and also relies on the use of rockets and other weapon systems. Experts warn of a further escalation of violence in the region.
The DPA news agency also spoke to a Hamas representative. The attack successfully thwarted the normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, he said. However, a Saudi minister cast doubt on whether this calculation would work.
However, the US has once again made it clear that peace requires neither the expulsion of the Palestinians nor the renewed occupation of the Gaza Strip. An advisor to the head of government made it clear that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statements were not aimed at a reoccupation of Gaza.
Hamas sees large numbers of Palestinian victims as a necessary price
It was necessary to “change the whole equation and not just have a clash,” said Chalil al-Haja of the Hamas leadership in Doha, according to the New York Times report. “We have managed to put the Palestinian issue back on the table, and now no one in the region can have peace of mind.”
In the eyes of Hamas, the many casualties on the Palestinian side as a result of Israel’s military response are the necessary price to pay for this, the newspaper writes. “I hope that the state of war with Israel will be permanent on all borders and that the Arab world will be on our side,” the newspaper quoted another Hamas representative.
Hamas sees rapprochement between Israel and Saudi Arabia thwarted
According to a senior member, Hamas has prevented rapprochement between Israel and Saudi Arabia with its terrorist attack in Israel. Osama Hamdan, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, told DPA in Beirut.
Saudi Investment Minister Khalid al-Falih seemed to contradict this. The issue of normalizing relations with Israel is “not off the table,” al-Falih said at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore.
Blinken mentions key elements for a peace solution for Gaza
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken outlined the elements for peace in the Gaza conflict. There must be no expulsion of the Palestinians, nor a renewed occupation of the Gaza Strip, Blinken emphasized in Tokyo at the end of the G7 meeting of foreign ministers.
The conditions for “lasting peace and security” must include “that the Palestinians are not forcibly expelled from the Gaza Strip […]’, Blinken said. “No reoccupation of the Gaza Strip after the end of the conflict, no attempt to blockade or besiege the Gaza Strip, no reduction of the area of Gaza.” The Gaza Strip must not be used “as a platform for terrorism or other violent attacks.”
Netanyahu Advisor: No occupation of Gaza Strip
Israel has no plans to continue its occupation after the Gaza war ends, according to a senior adviser to Prime Minister Netanyahu. But there must be a security presence so that the army can conduct operations depending on the threat situation, Mark Regev said on US broadcaster CNN, clarifying Netanyahu’s statement on Israel’s future role in the Gaza Strip the day before. “We must distinguish between security presence and political control.”
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock also mentioned the key elements for future peace. “We need smart solutions on how and by whom Gaza can be managed in the future. And we need practical steps towards a two-state solution, even if that is still far away,” the Green politician said in Tokyo. At the same time, she warned that “no solution should rise above the heads of the Palestinians.”
(t-online/dpa)
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