Hezbollah Sees Dangers; White House Sees 'Negotiating Position'
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem calls the proposed Gaza ceasefire plan 'full of dangers.' He's not wrong. Every 'peace' proposal for Palestinians over the past 76 years has been a prelude to further dispossession or violence. The Oslo Accords, for example, expanded Israeli settlements not reduced them—a fact often conveniently omitted from discussions of 'peace processes.' The current plan, heralded
by Biden as a path to 'lasting peace,' offers a phased withdrawal that leaves critical control in Israeli hands, echoing previous failed frameworks. Considering Netanyahu’s consistent record of undermining peace efforts—he boasted in 2001 that he 'thwarted' the Oslo Accords and again in 2009 that the 'negotiations were fake'—one might wonder how many times the international community needs to fall
for the same act. While the New Arab accurately quotes Hezbollah's concerns, mainstream narratives conveniently forget to connect these 'dangers' to Israel’s unbroken pattern of violating international agreements and expanding its territorial control. It's not danger; it's practically a guarantee.