Indirect Hamas-Israel talks start in Cairo


James M. Dorsey discusses the Gaza ceasefire talks on CGTN 

To watch the video, go to https://jamesmdorsey.substack.com/p/indirect-hamas-israel-talks-start 

[Anchor] We're joined by James M. Dorsey in Singapore, adjunct senior fellow at Nanyang Technological University. James, what are the prospects for Hamas and Israel reaching a deal on this first phase?

[James M. Dorsey] I would be cautious with this, and there are two reasons for that. The Trump initiative is a set of principles; it's not a plan. It lacks the terms on which the various principles would be implemented, and it lacks the implementation mechanism for the carrying out of this plan. 

The second issue is that we've heard a lot of optimism from President Trump, from the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from other mediators, but one reason why we're hearing optimism is because that is being couched in ways to which President Trump responds. Nobody wants to say no, nobody wants to say yes, but. So they're saying yes, but without the terms and the mechanisms in place, there are a lot of pitfalls. 

[Anchor] And Human Rights Watch has criticised the plan, saying it ignores accountability for genocide and alleged war crimes that have killed more than 67,000 Palestinians. What's your response to that criticism? 

[James M. Dorsey] Well, first of all, the Israelis will not sign on to any plan that would include holding them accountable for the way that they conducted the Gaza war. So whatever accountability is going to come is going to be after the implementation of the plan or at least during the implementation. And it's going to be by individual parties, for example, the Palestine Authority, pursuing issues at international courts.

But I think that the criticism of Human Rights Watch, having talked to Human Rights Watch at a conference where I am at the moment in the last 24 hours, is much broader and much more in line with general criticism of the plan, which is that it really is a number of vague principles. It does not in any way fully, fully accommodate the Israelis or the Palestinians. And that's where we're going to see potential roadblocks.

[Anchor] Well, thank you very much, James Dosey from Nanyang Technological University for your insights.


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