The Israeli Targeting of Syria and the Northern Escalation Reminds Us of What Putin Said About the Escalation / Jordan Celebrates the Martyr of Karameh … Shooting and Vehicular Assault at the Egyptian Border Overnight

September 10, 2024

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Washington does not seem ready to present its new proposal to break the negotiating deadlock over a Gaza agreement, as it had promised. Israeli media revealed there is no chance of a breakthrough in negotiations due to the insistence of occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on maintaining his forces along the Philadelphi Corridor. As usual, Washington deflected by blaming Hamas for obstructing any agreement. Meanwhile, the U.S. President’s previous remarks about Netanyahu not doing what is necessary for an agreement have been conveniently withdrawn. Observers in Washington suggest the White House’s rhetoric is aimed at courting pro-occupation voters ahead of today’s debate between Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. This debate follows President Joe Biden’s disastrous previous debate with Trump, which ultimately led him to withdraw from the presidential race. Both Democrats and Republicans are banking on this debate as a decisive moment in the electoral contest.

In the region, attention was drawn to the military escalation in Israeli airstrikes on Syria, which claimed 14 lives. Questions are emerging about whether these strikes represent the “change” Netanyahu mentioned on the northern front, which flared up yesterday with Hezbollah rockets and drones reaching Nahariya. Is this escalation in Syria – a key member of the Resistance Axis and a hub for weapons, leadership, and supplies – a substitute plan for the war on Hezbollah that the occupation leaders wish to wage but fear its consequences? Could this escalation be what Russian President Vladimir Putin warned about five weeks ago when he predicted Syria would be a major player in such a scenario?

Also, in the region, Jordan remains in the spotlight following the Karameh operation carried out by the martyr Maher al-Jazi. The most notable aspect was the prominent public celebrations honouring al-Jazi, with large participation in Amman and the southern province of Ma’an, where al-Jazi’s tribe, the Huwaytat, resides. Particularly striking was the pride and blessing surrounding al-Jazi’s martyrdom, alongside positive engagement from Jordanian authorities with the narrative of his family and the public celebrations. Late last night, attention shifted to the Egyptian-Gaza border as occupation media reported vehicular assaults on occupation soldiers near Egypt, accompanied by reports of gunfire during the incident. Occupation media, as usual, downplayed the incident, calling it a clash with smugglers, denying it reflected the widespread unrest simmering across the Arab world in response to the occupation’s criminal aggression, especially in Gaza.