ISRAEL AND THE ANNEXATION OF GAZA
Israel's plan and intention remain unchanged. Since the Hamas terrorist attack on Jewish territory on October 7, 2023, the goal remains the annexation of Gaza.
Prime Minister Netanyahu has repeated it time and again: "We will stay in Gaza and unite it with the West Bank. Our armed forces will take care of security and ensure that everything goes 'in the direction we want.'"
Privately, the Israeli leader insists that abandoning the Palestinian enclave "would allow Hamas to regain control, and elections in which the terrorists will always win are useless here."
Therefore, if we look closely, the second phase of the peace plan reached by the mediators is very difficult, if not impossible, to implement. Netanyahu has become intransigent, realizing that President Donald Trump will not impose his veto, but quite the opposite.
Colonization, annexation, and settlement of clones are the pillars on which Israel's current policy in the occupied territories is based. Mediation can be attempted a thousand times; negotiations can last for months and years. Israel has its own plan, and it is called bringing Gaza under its control.
The enclave is not It represents the least economic interest. Golda Meir, the historical figure, once said that she wished Gaza would sink into the sea and disappear once and for all. Golda Meir and other prime ministers who followed her maintained that Gaza "could go to hell; we're not interested." And so it was for years.
Things changed on October 7th. First, the enormous psychological shock that hit the Jewish population; second, the presence of a figure somewhere between brutal and paranoid who intends to gradually achieve "Greater Israel"; and the seizure of Gaza is part of the plan.
Although negotiation is always positive in any conflict, and with effort, a solution can be reached that leaves colonization out of the question, Netanyahu does not negotiate within that framework, and the mediators, Qatar, and Egypt know it. The Jewish leader will continue to make life in Gaza impossible until exile is imposed on the weakest of the 2 million Palestinian residents.
One should never despair, but given that Israel continues its war in the enclave, the darkest clouds continue to gather over Gaza.
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