US Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently once again traveled to the Middle East and Gulf region and practically came back empty-handed, although Mr. Blinken said that the Israeli side accepted a ceasefire.
Both US President Joe Biden's statement that the US does not accept Israel's long-term occupation of the Gaza Strip, which clearly shows the current government's position in the US on the political future of the Gaza Strip, as well as failed to prevent Israel from continuing its attacks in the Gaza Strip.
Even though the diplomatic mediation efforts of the US, Egypt and Qatar have been maintained and enhanced in recent times, a new ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip is still very far away. There are three main causes.
First, the current situation in this area is not favorable for reaching a new ceasefire agreement. In fact, internationally mediated diplomatic efforts have brought Israel and Hamas closer together in this regard. But then the political leader of Hamas was assassinated in Iran and Israel destroyed a number of leaders of the Hezbollah force in Lebanon - with consequences for Iran and other pro-Hamas forces and organizations in the region soon. will later retaliate against Israel - making reaching a new ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas even more urgent, but at the same time even more unlikely.
Second, disagreements on many details of the new ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas are still so fundamental and profound that it is almost impossible to reach any compromise between the two sides. The two sides do not have mutual trust after the previous ceasefire agreement was not fully implemented and after the assassinations of leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah.
Third, both Hamas and Israel are still in "no hurry" with a new ceasefire agreement because they both consider this new ceasefire agreement to be part of an overall peaceful political solution to the war, which neither of them currently has. know when and how to get that solution.
