Antoni Bassas' analysis: "Call it a peace plan, it's an exaggeration, but it's all there is."
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Today, the world's eyes are on Egypt, where Israeli, Palestinian, and American negotiators are meeting to decide whether or not to sign Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza. The United States is pressuring Hamas to sign. Netanyahu bombs Gaza to get Hamas to sign, and Hamas must quickly say whether it accepts the 20-point plan agreed upon by Trump and Netanyahu.
The rush, aside from being a classic negotiating tactic, has to do with the fact that tomorrow is October 7th, marking two years since the Hamas attack on Israeli territory, an anniversary Trump wants to use to claim credit for, on the eve of the announcement on Friday of the Nobel Prize winner for the Civil Guard.
Look, calling it a peace plan is too pretentious. At most, what we would have would be a cessation of hostilities that would close the tally of 67,000 dead and 169,000 wounded, the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, and, therefore, the end of suffering for many families. But the matter of agreeing on a new government seems very, very far off on the horizon. Not to mention the trauma that will accompany thousands of people for life. Hatred will fuel Hamas and hawks like Netanyahu, who lives in a permanent flight toward the permanent war he needs to continue governing and avoid prosecution. Paraphrasing the late Joan Culla, Netanyahu, at the head of an ultra-right government, has turned the dream of the State of Israel into a tragedy.
Ada Colau: "They made us get off the boats, where hundreds of very aggressive, very violent police officers were waiting for us, who committed different acts of violence against all of us, such as making us kneel on the ground for hours with our heads against the ground."
Jordi Coronas: "What we have to do today is demand that the genocide stop, that the governments carry out the work that civil society is doing once and for all, that all our comrades return, and of course, that the mobilizations not stop. I got goosebumps when I saw them today, I saw them everywhere in many cities."
The members of the Flotilla themselves arrived expressing the evidence that no matter how much they have suffered, nothing can match the death and destruction that the Palestinians in Gaza are going through. If you want a first-person example, we recommend theCristina Mas interviewed Dr. Raúl Incertis, a Valencian doctor, who has been working as an anesthesiologist.Incertis says: "Hell on earth. Israel has dropped 100,000 tons of explosives on Gaza, the equivalent of five atomic bombs. Everything destroyed. The population displaced. Children mutilated. Parents devastated. People starving. A horror."
Given this, the Catalan political agenda is slim. Tomorrow, the general policy debate begins in the Parliament. Isla faces a second year without being able to pass the budget.
Good morning.