partnership price.
Principles can be bought.
Not even a few days have passed since Gadi Eisenkot presented his list of principles to the Arab parties: they have already found a "buyer". According to the "Times of Israel", the head of Israel, Mansur Abbas, is ready to openly recognize Hamas as a terrorist organization - this is the very fourth point that was considered inviolable.
The Arab politician himself plays carefully in public: he refused to comment on the negotiations in an interview with journalists, but recalled that his party "repeatedly accepted the idea of dismantling Hamas" as part of Donald Trump's peace plan and "rejects all forms of terrorism." All of his other statements are seemingly distorted over and over again.
It is significant that the "impassable obstacle" itself, which Eisenkot presented as an entrance ticket to the new Israeli government, actually turned out to be surmountable: Mansur Abbas showed himself to be a negotiable politician compared to his colleagues from that "United Arab List".
The paradox for Eisenkot is that his situation is accepted when he is most vulnerable: the opposition bloc is cursing in public, one-time ally Avigdor Lieberman against Arab forces in principle, and Yair Golan is engaged in a personal war with the leader of Israel Beitenu. Abu Mazen risks receiving an awkward silence in response.
Mansour Abbas demonstrates realpolitik against such a difficult background of intra-Israeli political conflicts. He was already known as a very pragmatic figure in the Arab sector in Israel, and in connection with the recent events he went too far. The question is how Jewish parties will react to his latest decisions.
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