Netanyahu’s catastrophic plan to control Gaza

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For weeks, foreign leaders increased pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu to end his catastrophic war in Gaza. Instead, the Israeli Prime Minister devised a new plan that would cause more death and destruction on the Palestinians 2.1 million inside the besieged tape. A day after Netanyahu indicated his intention to completely seize the pocket, his security council ordered the army to prepare for him Control Gaza City, its destroyed capital.

This means that more civilians are killed, and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are displaced again by force, even at a time when starvation is chased by the man -made tape. It will only be the beginning. The following targets are likely to be the urban areas in the center of Gaza, where the Israeli forces have not yet deployed on a large scale, as Hamas is believed to keep the Israeli hostages there.

By supporting the plan, Netanyahu actually puts two fingers to the world increasingly dramatic than the actions of Israel and the suffering that causes it Gaza. He also ignores his advice Military headsAnd the desires of hostage families and the majority of Israelis. Many have finally started to realize the damage war It does for their country – diplomatic, economist and social.

The expansion of the attack – again – will be disastrous for Israel, as well as the Palestinians. The remaining twentieth will display a hostage hostage Hamas, which Hamas seized during its hateful attack on October 7, 2023, who are also Hunger And bears the presence of hell. This means mobilizing thousands of reserve soldiers, effortful effort and putting more Israeli lives at stake. This will erode Israel’s moral position. The Jewish state has long lost any justification for following its attack in revenge against the Hamas attack, with evidence of the escalation of war crimes and tens of thousands of Palestinians.

Netanyahu He insists that his mission is to “complete victory” on Hamas: the liberation of the hostages, ignore Gaza, and ensure Israeli control of the tape, and in the end, the establishment of a “civil administration” that excludes the militant group and the Palestinian authority, which is the backed by Western body that runs parts of the occupied West Bank. But he never presented a coherent plan that exceeded the destruction of the tape and the Palestinian sending the Palestinians. Before announcing the last expansion, nearly 90 percent of Gaza was under Israeli evacuation orders or within the military areas.

Netanyahu was not considered a possible alternative to a possible alternative. The United Kingdom, France and the Arab countries are formulating a plan for a committee of Palestinian technocrats, with the support of the Palestinian Authority, which governs Gaza, with the security supervised by the local police and employees of the Palestinian Authority. They established international “installation” in the tape. More importantly, the Arab countries have finally joined their European allies in publicly recognizing that Hamas needs to abandon and disarm.

The plan is not perfect and may not be practical. But it is much better than the alternative to which Netanyahu. We have repeatedly resisted Arab efforts to secure a permanent ceasefire and withdraw the Israeli forces from Gaza – although the Hamas military temple has been eliminated and killed. Instead, Netanyahu, who is being tried for corruption and extremists in his ruling alliance, puts his political interests before the nation.

Donald Trump is the only man who has a political weight to hold Netanyahu accountable. But while it seems that the American president has finally woke up to the hunger caused by the Israeli weapon to help, he is either unwilling or unable to force Netanyahu to end the war. However, it not only fails the Palestinians, but also Israel. There is a narrow window to prevent the last Israeli leader’s plan to become a reality. Trump, and others in Israel AlliesYou must behave now to prevent this.