Two years since the Hamas attack on Israel there is a slender hope of a negotiated peace deal with Donald Trump pushing hard for a settlement. The attacks were the first large-scale invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, with 1,195 people killed by the attacks, 736 of them Israeli civilians. About 250 Israeli civilians and soldiers were taken as hostages. Hamas said its attack was in response to the continued Israeli occupation, the blockade of the Gaza Strip, the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements, rising Israeli settler violence, and recent escalations.
At the end of last year Israel’s leading human rights organisation says conditions inside Israeli prisons holding nearly 10,000 Palestinian detainees amounted to torture. 3500 are being held without charge; 400 are children.
The 2023 Attack chart had Uranus in the 10th (conjunct the Israel Taurus Sun) trine Pluto, square Venus and inconjunct Mars – so an explosive event. Mars square Pluto hinted at brutality and ruthlessness. A yod of Pluto sextile Neptune inconjunct Venus pointed to at the anti-social nature of the attack.
At the moment the Progressed Moon is about to move across the Ascendant though that only gives the slimmest glimmerings of hope. Tr Venus will oppose the Neptune by late this week which looks disappointing. Tr Mars is also this coming weekend aiming to oppose the Jupiter highlighting self-seeking, opportunistic acts (probably on both sides). And by December tr Uranus will square the yod apex Venus for an upset – which point in time is also highlighted elsewhere in relevant charts.
Hamas has detailed its main conditions as: A permanent and comprehensive ceasefire. The complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from all of Gaza. Unrestricted entry of humanitarian and relief aid. The return of displaced people to their homes. The immediate start of a full reconstruction process, supervised by a Palestinian national body of technocrats. A fair prisoner exchange deal.
The chances of Netanyahu and his right wing cabinet agreeing to that is remote. And the Palestinians see little hope ahead of self-determination and freedom. One Palestinian commentator remarked of global involvement:
“Rhetoric without consequence has been the west’s modus operandi for decades. The “peace process” became a magic pill rendering the occupation invisible to the west – with the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine swept under the rug to be forgotten. Israel used the cover of the “peace process” to build and expand Israeli settlements, correctly believing that these facts on the ground would strengthen their position at the negotiating table. And with the settlements came settlers and checkpoints and an expanding Kafkaesque system of military control.”
Everything has been said before but points to watch are Uranus at 28 degrees squaring the Israel Mars in December and again next March which looks like an incendiary point with an angry over-reaction from Israel.
Hamas looks to be heading for annihilation in the short term at least as its Mars Pluto moves by Solar Arc over its Sun Saturn now and over the next two years. Palestine Action, the UK protest group now labelled terrorist, is also running into the buffers next year.
But there is equally nothing that looks settled or progressive about Israel’s future ahead with tr Pluto moving to oppose the Moon and then Saturn Pluto right through from 2026 to the mid 2030s – and then worsening towards 2040 with tr Pluto square the Sun and opposition the Mars.
Relations between Israel and most of the other key Middle Easter countries look significantly stressed and at odds in 2026 and getting increasingly aggravated through 2027 to 2030/31.
Netanyahu’s popularity will sag further internally with his relationship chart with Israel jangled from this October and worsening January to March 2026.
Of all the not-solvable problems in the globe this one is amongst the most depressing.
“Many and sharp the num’rous ills
Inwoven with our frame!
More pointed still we make ourselves
Regret, remorse, and shame!
And man, whose heav’n-erected face
The smiles of love adorn,—
Man’s inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!”
Robert Burns
Kudos to Trump & Team for their focus on making this peace deal happen.
To me, Trump’s Solar Arc MC conjunct Pluto (Leo), a powerful individual arc being triggered by transiting Mars (Scorpio), marks the occasion – with potential for momentous timing, incredible achievement, and tremendous recognition.
There are reports today that has been a breakthrough in talks between Hamas and Israel in Egypt, a cease fire agreement was reached. I don’t think it is going to hold. The thing about Trump trying so hard to achieve a peace deal in Middle East is for himself, he just wants to win a Nobel Peace Prize for his own political agenda, and then he is going to show them his true colors like he did with voters in US. There is a lot of voter regret, people who backed him are regretting it, economy is going down, inflation and unemployment is going up non stop. I don’t see any peace in Middle East for many years to come.
I agree. Every bone in my body said this was set up as is just before the NPP nomination to be announced today, synchronised or what? Thank God it wasn’t him.
Is that a reasonable thing to consider? Trump had only been in power for six weeks of the 2024 qualification period.
Anyway:
“I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!”
Nobel Peace Prize winner, María Corina Machado
The only ray of hope is the fall of Putin, likely early next year.
Marjorie, I have been reading you for over ten years, and I consider you are now at your best. Good wines age best.
The world is falling into chaos. The far right is rising in many places, in the US, Japan, the UK, France, Germany, and many others. Israel will be a pariah state for decades once the International Court of Justice rules next year that it has indeed committed genocide. It will only have the weakening support of the US. If global war breaks out with China, the US will no longer be able to protect it. That could be what the Saturn-Uranus conjunction of 2032, conjunct US Mars and Israel Uranus, may be aboiut.
@André, smart people in the US are very concerned about China right now. I just read a post from a former Wall Street tech analyst turned start up facilitator yesterday on China quietly consolidating their hold of chip manufacturing while the US trade policies has been in chaos. They will not need Taiwan for chips. They might actually cause a flooding of the markets that will lead to Taiwan voluntarily seeking a Hong Kong style solution after economic crisis.