“ A terrible spiral is set in motion in the Middle East and no one can predict the outcome.sigh Release. The Hamas terrorist attack on Israel has plunged the Jewish state into horror, which is burying its more than 800 dead and mourning its hostages whom it knows are threatened every second, especially since the execution threats launched last night by the Hamas. But it also plunges into horror the Palestinians of Gaza, who are not all supporters of Hamas: more than 600 have already been killed and many more risk dying from the bombs, or even from starvation given that Israel has decreed a total siege of what is already an open-air prison. »
“ As in a relentlessly fatal cycle, a pall of death is once again falling on Israel and the Gaza Strip, adds Le Figaro. The ferocity shown by Palestinian Hamas in massacring hundreds of civilians in their homes and young people at a concert in the desert has opened a trail of blood that could turn into a river. While waiting to bring its “Iron Sabre” to the heart of Gaza, the IDF general staff is gathering its forces and imposing a “complete siege” on the Palestinian enclave, notice again Le Figaro. In addition to the confinement of 2 million poor people for decades, there are now water, gas and electricity cuts. And the already constant bombings, in retaliation or to prepare the ground, also promise civilians to pay a high price in the coming war. »
Now is not the time for peace…
Under these conditions, all hope for peace is vain…
In fact, notes The Parisian“ half of the Palestinian population is under 20; half of the Israeli population, under 30 years old. These generations have, so to speak, never heard their leaders talk about dialogue, negotiation, cohabitation. They have grown up at best in distrust, at worst in hatred of young people of the same age who face them. How could this provide a basis for peace? »
Therefore, underlines The world, that “ the gravediggers of Oslo, the Israeli right and Hamas, are at the forefront. They have nothing to offer other than dead ends: the eradication, promised a thousand times, of Hamas for Benyamin Netanyahu, for which the civilians of Gaza would pay the price; the “victory” according to Hamas, which is nothing other than carnage with no tomorrow. Due to the disengagement of the United States and the Europeans, normalization between Israel and several Arab countries – with the exception of those remaining in the Iranian orbit (Lebanon and Syria) – this normalization could have made it possible, believes Le Monde, to reopen a political perspective and provide an answer to the Palestinian question, probably imperfect but preferable to the current abyss. This question has been considered, wrongly, as completely incidental by those who have already taken the plunge (Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain). Peace must, however, be peace for all, exclaims the evening daily. An international revival is imperative if we are to still be able to hope. »
In fact, complete Free Charente“ faced with the impossibility of imagining any negotiation and faced with this appalling war which could spread, the international community, starting with the Arab world and the United States, seems to be the only one ultimately capable of resolving an inextricable situation. Today. Now is not the time to bring it up, but there is still time to consider it. »
Towards a regionalization of the conflict?
So, what will happen tomorrow and the day after tomorrow? For The echoes, “ Iran’s military, logistical and financial support for Hamas’ action will likely lead Israel to punish Iran. How ? Capital question. A new cycle of interstate violence could begin in the Middle East. (…) Is a regional war between Israel and Iran about to begin? »
And then, on the internal level, they still wonder The echoes“ Will the Israeli far-right government (criticized for not seeing anything coming) collapse or be strengthened? (…) The next few days will be decisive. »