Kidnapped families in the house of Benny Gantz/Omer Raviv
After last night's publication in Vala!
On the outline of the deal for the release of the abductees formulated in Paris, which includes the release of several hundred Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of 35-40 Israeli abductees, this morning (Sunday) new details of the move are published.
"I think the outline that the Americans presented at the summit in Paris on Friday is quite similar to the previous outline with some small but significant changes," said a Walla! reporter and commentator.
Barak Ravid in an interview with 103fm.
"I think that perhaps the most significant change is that if until now we have heard Prime Minister Netanyahu say that the key to the release of the abductees and the release of the Palestinian prisoners in exchange for them - will be three Palestinian prisoners for every Israeli abductee, this key is no longer relevant. We are moving to a key that will be much closer to 1 to 10, which is three times the previous deal," Ravid said.
According to him, "Not only the quantity here will change, but also probably the 'quality', that is, in this deal, if it comes to fruition, Palestinian terrorists who have murdered Israelis, who have blood on their hands, will be released, which was not the case in the previous deal. I think this is perhaps the most significant change - Israel's willingness, if it accepts this outline, which in my estimation will happen, to release more terrorists and heavier terrorists."
A rally for the release of the kidnapped in Tel Aviv, this month/photo processing, Reuters
In Israel they understand that it is impossible to make a big deal.
Netanyahu/Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel
"The second thing that is significant that was not in the previous outline, is an Israeli willingness to begin already in the first stage of the deal with the return of Palestinian residents to the northern Gaza Strip, if the cabinet really approves this outline tonight, and it seems to me that this is where it is going," he added.
"I think that the Americans, the Qataris and the Egyptians, and probably also Israel and perhaps even Hamas, understand that it is now impossible to make a big deal, so they will talk about a deal in stages and of course they will also try to move from stage A to stage B, if stage A is agreed upon, but I think everyone is saying, 'Let's take what we can,' which is probably a deal for the release of something like 35-40 hostages, a respite of something like six weeks. I guess if that happens, they'll reach the end of the six weeks, try to get an extension, I don't see This thing is happening. We are probably going for something that will be more limited than the original idea," he explained.
The American response to Smotrich's statement was swift.
Blinken/Reuters
Has Hamas withdrawn from proposals such as ending the war completely?
"Hamas has so far not really responded to the Paris 2 outline. We have not heard anything from him. Just as Israel will not say that it agrees to stop the war, neither will Hamas say that it is withdrawing from its demand that the war stop, but both sides, I think, understand that they are entering into a deal This, for phase A, which may be the first and last phase as well, but this is probably the maximum that can be achieved at this stage because both Israel and Hamas, they have a common interest now and this, despite all the statements of both sides and the words of the Harab and the rants, both sides do not want to find themselves in a situation where the war continues in Ramadan, and Ramadan is two weeks away. That's why a common interest was created in which both Israel, Hamas and the mediators - Egypt, Qatar and the USA - would like Ramadan to be a ceasefire, and therefore it may also happen."
Towards the end of the conversation He also referred to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's condemnation of Smotrich's announcement of building 3,000 additional housing units in the settlements. "I think the American response was even faster than I had estimated for this move.
The Americans were waiting for some hanger to arrive so that they could reverse this announcement by Pompeo from the Trump administration that the settlements are not illegal, and they found this hanger, Bezalel Smotrich provided it to them, and now they did it," he said.
"This move of 3,000 units The construction, the American reaction will not end only with this statement by Blinken, I assume that there will be at least two additional steps that we will see in the next week or two, that the Americans are going to take on the issue of settlements, which they might not have done if Smotrich had not come and made this political move Now," he noted.
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