Egyptian and US mediators have reported signs of compromise in recent days and Egyptian state news channel Al-Qahera said on Saturday that a consensus had been reached in the indirect talks over many of the disputed points but gave no further details. However, many analysts remain pessimistic after five months of stop-start talks that have frequently broken down
The UN can’t step in.
The US protects Israel from UN intervention.
The people of Gaza haven’t been able to have an election for about 18 years because of conditions there.
Netanyahu’s faction in Israel initially helped Hamas because they wanted to “divide and conquer” so that the Palestinians didn’t have one government and couldn’t negotiate a two state solution.
No elections because Hamas wouldn’t allow any form of democracy. I know people are (rightfully) focused on Israel right now, but let us not forget what massive pieces of shit the Hamas leadership is. As far as I can tell this is the exact situation they were aiming for. Endless war. A situation we (as Americans or just humans in general, take your pick) have been, are, and most likely will continue to enable and inflame.
Same as it ever was
I was specifically explaining to that person why the international community is not able to intervene via the UN.
Hamas leadership is shitty too, I agree, but in factual terms it simply lacks the power to singlehandedly prevent an international intervention.