Of all the games, cricket like the western civilization, has the potential of becoming the most unpredictable and uncertain game. The maxim famous for its uncertainty is that, “no match is won or lost until the last ball is bowled or the last run is scored”.

“War and lechery,” Shakespeare says, adding: “confound all”. So is the peace: lecherous, vulgar and deceitful if imposed upon by the imperialist powers. But the peace in Gaza, when it is won, will be won by the oppressed with their blood, tears and sheer struggle.

For too many, Gaza’s peace is bewildering. It appears to have fallen from the heaven with no possibility in sight. Biden’s malicious commitment of trying his best to stop the genocide was pure verbosity, an un-masqueraded lie.

History is witness that a single phone call from the US president has proved enough for any Israeli premier, no matter how stubborn or genocidal he is, to backtrack from the Palestinians’ massacre. In 15 months Netanyahu never received any such call before Trump stepped in.

This also settled the question of tail wagging the dog or vice versa for good. Tail is merely a part of a dog. If amputated it scarcely brings any harm to the dog but the destiny of the amputated tail is to become necrotic and to go where it belongs, to the dustbin of history. It is interesting to note that the power of AIPAC, the Israeli lobby has suddenly disappeared. It will certainly strike back but for now it looks irrelevant if not redundant.

Many critics are questioning about the fate of imminent ceasefire. Will it hold? Will Netanyahu and his right-wing rabid coalition follow the dictates of their master sitting in the White House? Will Netanyahu settle for anything less than total control over the territory from the river to the sea?

“The answer my friend” Bob Dylan sang “is floating in the wind”. One visit by Trump’s envoy forced Netanyahu to succumb to his demands on the evening of shabbath. To procrastinate the meeting the atheist premier tried to persuade the envoy to postpone the meeting for the sacredness of the day when Jews were not meant to indulge in worldly affairs.

The request was dismissed. This proves the vulnerability of any Israeli premier who is at the mercy of his master even when he is committing the biggest Holocaust of 21st century. If Trump and his administration would like him to follow the ceasefire pact, the puppet premier will follow it religiously.

No one knows what happened on that eventful evening when Trump’s envoy met the paper tiger. There is no love lost between Trump and the Palestinians. Before assuming presidency he yelled at them, threatening them of dire consequences if they failed to release the Israeli hostages.........

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