The President of the USA, Donald Trump, announced on Monday that Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved the American peace plan.
Approval from the other party, Hamas, is also required – but according to Anders Persson, docent and researcher at Linnaeus University, Hamas claims that they have not even seen the proposal.
I would think that they will answer yes with reservations. Or yes and maybe dodge along the way.
A blank yes would, according to Persson, be seen as a surrender agreement for Hamas.
For Israel's part, Benjamin Netanyahu sees the peace plan as an opportunity to achieve the country's war goals, according to Persson.
– The plan as it looks today actually gives Israel the opportunity to declare victory.
Persson emphasizes that a similar peace plan was presented last year by the former American President Joe Biden, where he also announced that Israel was on board.
– It did not become very much of it. What is different this time is that Donald Trump is not Biden and has a different relationship with Israel, says Persson and adds that the Arab countries seem, according to Trump, to be on board with the proposal, which increases the chances.
Persson says that "nothing is clear until everything is clear".
And even when everything is clear, the road to implementation is long.
