Netanyahu is under pressure to keep his coalition government intact. Two far-right partners have threatened to bolt in protest at any deal they deem to spare Hamas. A centrist partner, ex-general Benny Gantz, wants the deal considered. Hamas has provisionally welcomed the Biden initiative.
I said this in a thread in World News- what will be interesting domestically now is whether or not this gives Biden a boost in the polls. It may be too late.
Anyway, I hope this ceasefire sticks.
I hope it sticks also. Regardless of success, it puts Biden in direct oversight of negotiations and circumvents the State Department. His restored sanctions on Israel’s expansion leave Netanyahu with no requests other than hostage return and ceasing inbound attacks. If they fail the ceasefire over desire for retribution or expansion, Biden has a first hand account of justification for amendment of support without challenge from Congress.
There’s enough time for the propagando machine to pump out a bunch of stories about how he has saved the palestinians, so it could work with the average voter’s goldfish memory.
I’m sure you and the other shills on lemmy.ml will be disappointed if you don’t get Trump elected again.