From Today's Israeli Press
THE RIFT
BIDEN'S UPHEAVAL: Ariel Kahana asserts in Israel Hayom that since the war started the U.S. President has switched from determined support to abandonment.
UNGRATEFULNESS AND STRATEGIC FAILURE: Amos Gilad claims in Israel Hayom that internal politics are replacing sound strategy, essential for the country's future, as Israel continues its anti-Biden diatribes.
HAMAS' MENTOR: Eyal Zisser argues in Israel Hayom that Hezbollah taught Hamas to operate under a state umbrella and embed itself in civilian population.
EXCHANGING BARBS: Yoni Ben Menachem stresses in ArabExpert that the PA is blaming Hamas for bringing a new Nakba upon the Palestinians, while Hamas blames the PA for deepening divisions in Palestinian society.
DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE: Chuck Freilich proclaims in Haaretz that Iran is investing in cyberwar, hoping to capitalize on Israeli weakness during the Gaza War and trigger its eventual collapse.
DEAD OR ALIVE? Yonah Jeremy Bob contends in The Jerusalem Post that the IDF may be waiting to confirm Marwan Issa's death as a technical matter, or perhaps suspects that he is still alive.
From Today's Arabic Press
INTERNAL BATTLES
QUESTIONS ABOUT A SWAP DEAL: Despite the current renewed negotiations to reach a truce and a prisoner swap deal between Israel and the Palestinian resistance, it remains uncertain whether a truce will materialize soon, maintains Lebanese commentator Yahiya Dabouq in Monday's left-leaning pro-Hezbollah Beirut daily al-Akhbar. It is clear to the Israeli military level that there is little more to be hoped for from the war's prolongation, but in the absence of real U.S. pressure or pressure from the Israeli street, Netanyahu and his partners have no real incentive to end their intransigence.
NETANYAHU'S ADMISSION: By their determined resistance and refusal to cower and surrender, the Palestinians in general and the people of Gaza in particular have sparked a worldwide uprising and exposed and toppled a corrupt international system of false values which simply ignored their cause's silent liquidation, maintains Palestinian commentator Talal 'Awkal in Thursday's leading Palestinian daily al-Ayyam. It is therefore regrettable to see some Palestinian political forces blaming the resistance for a worse Nakba than 1948 – even though in no way does this diminish the resistance's achievements.
A NEW PM: Although the main Palestinian factions met in Moscow to settle their differences, it seems that, against the background of the Gaza war, each of Fatah and Hamas has different takeaways from that meeting, contends Monday's editorial in the Qatari-owned London-based, pan-Arab daily al-Quds al-Arabi. The appointment by the PA president of a new PM without consultation with Hamas has brought matters to a battle of statements between the two main Palestinian parties at a time when the Palestinians badly need unity.
MIQDAD GOES TO RIYADH: Riyadh's hosting of the Syrian foreign minister is meant to send a number of signals to many domestic, regional and international parties that Saudi Arabia supports the Syrian state whose role it views as central in the region, claims 'Abdelmoneim Ali 'Issa in Monday's semi-official Syrian daily al-Watan. But the most important message is directed at Washington, asserting Riyadh's insistence on pursuing an independent line in its foreign policies, especially since the visit comes five weeks after the U.S. House of Representative passed a bill opposing normalization with the Syrian regime.
FAKE "SOVEREIGNTY": The visit to Iraq by the Turkish foreign minister aimed primarily to set the stage for a Turkish invasion of parts of Northern Iraq on the pretext of ending the presence of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in that area, but this seems nothing less than covert Turkish occupation, insists Iraqi commentator Samir Dawood Hannoush on Monday's Emirates'-owned pan-Arab-news portal al-Arab. But the worst of it is that the regime set in place in Iraq after 2003 is welcoming this invasion with open arms and with no qualms about Iraqi sovereignty.