The United States is actively using diplomatic levers through Qatar and Egypt to put pressure on Hamas to accept the so -called "three -stage Biden peace plan." However, according to The Wall Street Journal, this pressure can have the opposite effect and cause increased tension in the region.
According to the newspaper, Qatar and Egypt have in recent days in recent days have been informed by Hamas leaders that they are threatened with arrest, freezing assets, sanctions and expulsion from their shelter in do not, if they did not agree to cease fire with Israel. US President Joe Biden called Hamas's position "the only obstacle to a full ceasefire."
However, according to The Wall Street Journal, these threats had the opposite effect: the leader Hamas Ismael Hani stated that the settlement plan proposed by Biden did not suit them because it "does not guarantee the end of the war." Hanny said Hamas would disagree on an agreement that would not meet his terms.
Recall that the Gaza Settlement Plan proposed by President Biden on May 31 provides for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Sector and the release of all Israeli hostages.
The authorities of Israel receive contradictory signals about their attitude towards this plan. On the one hand, they stated that they were ready to agree to this plan.
On the other hand, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel would still seek "full elimination of Hamas" as his main task.
