Supplementing Biden’s Plan

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June 7, 2024

Published in Frankfurter Rundschau
(Germany) on 2 June 2024
by Andreas Schwarzkopf (link to original link to original)

Translated from by Mallory Matsumoto. Edited by Michelle Bisson.

The proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza will only be successful if the question about the future of the Gaza Strip and Hamas is answered.

The proposal by U.S. President Joe Biden for a roadmap to a cease-fire in Gaza will only be successful if international pressure increases on the Israeli government and on Hamas. But it would likely be more important to eliminate weaknesses in the proposal to get Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and the Hamas leadership to even discuss it seriously.

A successful roadmap must answer the question of what happens to Gaza and especially to Hamas going forward. If Hamas is to be allowed to save face by being involved in the future of the Gaza Strip, it must renounce its goal to eliminate Israel and be disarmed. There is also the related question of whether international defensive forces can be mustered to oversee the cease-fire and guarantee that Hamas does not de facto return to power in Gaza. No country will send troops to Gaza if there are fears that Hamas will continue to fight underground.

Netanyahu will only be able to agree to Hamas having a political future if attacks like the one on Oct. 7 are out of the question and all hostages are freed. If these questions are left unresolved, neither Israel nor Hamas will give in.

Bidens Plan ergänzen
Der Vorstoß für eine Waffenruhe in Gaza wird nur erfolgreich sein, wenn auch die Frage nach der Zukunft des Küstenstreifens und der Hamas beantwortet wird.

Der Vorschlag von US-Präsident Joe Biden, ein Fahrplan mit einer Waffenruhe für Gaza, wird nur erfolgreich sein, wenn der internationale Druck auf die israelische Regierung und auf die Hamas erhöht wird. Wichtiger dürfte allerdings sein, Schwachstellen des Vorstoßes zu beseitigen, damit die Regierung von Benjamin Netanjahu und die Führung der Hamas überhaupt ernsthaft darüber sprechen.
Für einen erfolgreichen Fahrplan müsste beantwortet werden, wie es mit Gaza, aber vor allem mit der Hamas weitergehen soll. Will man die Hamas gesichtswahrend an einer Zukunft des Küstenstreifens beteiligen, müsste sie ihrem Ziel, Israel vernichten zu wollen, abschwören und entwaffnet werden. Daran hängt auch die Frage, ob eine internationale Schutztruppe gebildet werden kann, die den Waffenstillstand überwacht und sicherstellt, dass die Hamas nicht wieder de facto in Gaza die Macht übernimmt. Kein Land würde Einheiten nach Gaza schicken, wenn zu befürchten ist, dass die Hamas im Untergrund weiterkämpft.
Einer politischen Zukunft der Hamas wird Netanjahu nur zustimmen können, wenn Überfälle wie die vom 7. Oktober ausgeschlossen und alle Geiseln befreit sind. Bleiben diese Fragen ungeklärt, werden weder Israel noch die Hamas einlenken.

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