Below we present summaries of recent comments in the bourgeois press, which we consider important in order to follow the progress of the Palestinian People's War of Resistance against the war of the Zionist-imperialist occupying forces. That is, the possibilities in the short term of the hard and prolonged war that the Palestinian people must wage for their liberation.
The proletariat and the Palestinian people are shedding their precious blood in this struggle and, we are fully convinced, it will not be in vain, because in the course of its development it must take on the need for the Communist Party and serve its constitution.
Ultimately, the task of the Party will be crowned with success, with a new type of Communist Party, Marxist-Leninist-Maoist, militarized, with which it will transform its current armed struggle of Anti-Zionist and Anti-imperialist National Resistance into a People's War of National Resistance, led by the proletariat through its party.
Finally, the proletariat and the Palestinian people will achieve the triumph of the new democratic revolution and will immediately move on to the socialist revolution and together with all of humanity will march towards the ever-golden communism.
Below are the summaries of the bourgeois press:
The ITALIAN newspaper Corriere della Sera sees opportunities for a de-escalation in the MIDDLE EAST:
The world is trembling at what could happen in the Middle East following Israel’s recent attacks against its enemies. The all too predictable scenario is that of retaliation, the “diligent revenge” promised by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (…) However, there is another hope. In technical jargon this is called “escalation to de-escalate”. Under this hypothesis, Israel would be looking for a way out of the Gaza war. Two eliminations of high-profile opponents could be an opportunity to declare victory and start a new process, namely a gradual withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. (…) This is an interesting theory, but its realization requires at least one condition: that everyone else plays along. This means that the counterattacks by Hezbollah and Hamas and the revenge promised by Khamenei do not cross a “red line” drawn by the Israelis. Because in that case we would be back (…) to a major regional war.
FROM TIJD
The Belgian newspaper “De Tijd” comments on the development of the conflict in the Middle East following the assassination of Hamas foreign chief Ismail Hamij:
Israel rightly demands the release of the remaining hostages from 7 October, but it is not sending any signal that it wants to work towards a sustainable solution for the Palestinians in the long term. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could use the elimination of Haniya to gain the necessary support among the population to offer the Palestinians a perspective, if he really wanted to do so. Pressure from the West could contribute to this. The European side is also trying to do this, but at the moment the EU member states are not united enough to really make a difference. The United States in particular could have an impact given the enormous military and financial support it receives from Israel. If there is one thing that US President Joe Biden can achieve now that he is no longer running for a second term, it is in this area.
Single Command al-Sinwar
New Hamas chief: what to expect from him?
August 7, 2024 | ZDF
Jihia al-Sinwar is considered the perpetrator of the Hamas massacre on October 7. He strictly rejects compromises with Israel. He is now the sole ruler of Hamas. What does that mean?
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With the election of Sinwar, the center of power within Hamas is clearly shifting to the Gaza Strip. Unlike his predecessor Haniya, (…) in Qatar as head of the Politburo, Sinwar has been in hiding since the Hamas massacre in the Israeli border area he commanded on October 7 last year. He is believed to be somewhere in the extensive network of tunnels under the blockaded coastal strip.
Hamas leader Sin was a lone wolf
Sinwar acts like a lone wolf, all the more so since Israel set out to kill virtually all Hamas leaders around him. He is high on Israel's hit list: immediately after the Hamas massacre, Israel had already described him as a "living dead man."
His election as Hamas's overall chief transformed Hamas into a "one-man movement with a single vision," wrote Israeli political expert Avi Issacharoff in the Yediot Achronot newspaper.
Sinwar known as the "Butcher of Khan Yunis."
Known as the "Butcher of Khan Yunis" for his murders of suspected Palestinian collaborators with Israel, Sinwar is considered an ideological fanatic but a shrewd strategist. He is probably closer to Israel's arch-enemy Iran than any other Hamas leader. While Hanija was still considered a true politician with certain pragmatic considerations, Sinwar, born in 1962, takes an uncompromising approach.
Fatah and Hamas announce interim government
Sinwar's appointment is also likely to complicate efforts to unify rival Palestinian organizations Hamas and Fatah, which aim to rule the Gaza Strip with a joint unity government after the war. (…)
Sinwar was tough in negotiations with Israel
It remains unclear how the concentration of all power in Sinwar's hands will affect efforts to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza war. Even before Haniya's assassination, Sinwar was considered the "last resort" with regard to Hamas's positions in indirect negotiations with Israel, in which Qatar, Egypt and the United States are involved.
Since the beginning of negotiations to exchange more than a hundred hostages held by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners, Sinwar has been unyielding and has rarely backed down from his positions.
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
The unscrupulous man from the Gaza bunker takes power: Yahya Sinwar is the new Hamas boss
Of all people, the person most responsible for the 7 October terror attack is the new head of the Hamas Politburo. This means that the Palestinian terror group is becoming increasingly radicalised and is putting itself in the hands of Iran.
The architect of 7 October is now officially the head of Hamas: Yahya Sinwar.
The Hamas official, born in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip in 1962, began his career in the Islamist movement in the 1980s. As head of the internal security department, he ordered the assassination of suspected collaborators. For this he was imprisoned in Israel for more than two decades. After his release in a prisoner exchange in 2011, Sinwar rose rapidly and became head of Gaza in 2017.
A turning point in Hamas history
Sinwar’s appointment as head of the Politburo marks a turning point in Hamas’ history. Since the 1990s, (…) it has always made sure to choose an exiled official for the top post. This was intended to ensure that the organisation would function even if its base in Gaza was attacked. Now such considerations no longer seem to matter.
Instead, power is now officially concentrated in Sinwar and his comrades in arms from the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing. However, these radical forces had already been in charge before. Sinwar apparently did not inform the exiled leaders around Politburo chief Haniya, who was killed last week, and his predecessor, Khaled Mashal, in advance about the attack on 7 October. Even in the hostage negotiations of the past few months, Sinwar always had the last word. Unlike the exiled cadres in Doha who served as contacts, he was extremely stubborn. For this reason, the talks have not yet come to an end. Negotiations will probably become even more difficult in the future.
A well-known principle
Sinwar's appointment sends a clear signal to Israel that Hamas is ready to continue fighting, despite its losses in Gaza and the immense suffering of civilians in the coastal strip. In addition, it seems to confirm a principle that the Israelis already know from the past: once again, the assassination of a radical opponent has brought to light an even more radical successor.
(…) Even before October 7, Sinwar was considered a representative of the wing of Hamas that was fully committed to the alliance with Tehran. The fact that the Iranians have so far hardly come to Hamas's aid in Gaza does not seem to prevent this wing from becoming even more dependent on the Iranian-led "Axis of Resistance", which also includes the Lebanese militia Hezbollah.