On the road to a ceasefire in Gaza, the proposed agreement by US President Joe Bide is on the table. According to Biden, the proposal would involve “the departure of the Israeli army from Gaza and the permanent ceasefire” in three phases. Sixteen and Israel have not officially accepted and sixteen propose some modifications to the agreement. According to some experts, this is not a realistic agreement. Indeed, the Zionists have stated on numerous occasions that they will, in any case, continue with the “war”, even after the submission of the last proposal. But EE.UU He wants to hold Hamas accountable, as if the only barrier to truce were the Palestinian militia.

Sixteen considered the Biden proposal “positive” in its provisional statements shortly after its submission. However, it has made some changes to the draft agreement. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blink has pointed out that some changes in Hamas are “feasible”, but others are not. “Hamas’s response will make the war that Israel is doing in Gaza go ahead.” In the words of Hamas, its response gives priority to “halting Gaza’s attacks completely and leaving the Zionists out of the entire Gaza Strip.”

It is not clear what the points of discussion between Hamas and the US proposal are. Biden said that his proposal was the same as the proposal adopted by Sixteen at the beginning of May, and that it should be adopted now. The Palestinian militia clarifies that what they adopted in May was a proposal by the intermediaries Qatar and Egypt, not that put forward now. The last Biden proposal includes the amendments made by Israel, on which López has reportedly proposed amendments. Sixteen accuses Blinken of taking on the role of the Israeli Foreign Minister, not the mediator.

Playing the blame

An Israeli authority states that they want to lead Hamas to accept Biden’s original proposal unchanged, and that until then a delegation from Israel will not be sent to Cairo or Doha to continue the negotiations. However, Israel has not given any official response to the EE.UU proposal, although in the Blinken statements it can be understood that Hamas is the only one that has not said so. Following the submission of the proposal, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said that “with or without agreement” the aggression will continue until all the objectives are achieved. The “total destruction” of Hamas and the destruction of its military and governance capabilities are the goals outlined by Netanyahu, but some experts warn of the “impossibility” of achieving them.

Daniel Levy is president of US Middle East Project and was in the Israeli negotiating group in 1990. He has spoken to Al Jazeera in recent days and pointed out that in Blink he is not being honest. “It’s not really an attempt at agreement, but to change the focus, to become a guilt game to present Hamas as responsible.” In Levy's words, the current situation is impasse. Only sixteen will accept the agreement if it supposes a permanent ceasefire, and Israel does not want a ceasefire “be in any way”. In addition, those who could be in favour of the Israeli truce have abandoned the government, such as the Minister of Fat, Benny. “Benny Fat is not pacifist, he is not in favor of international law and has defended war so far,” but he is the only one who could do a little counterweight to Netanyahu’s government, according to Levy.