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Report: Netanyahu’s political future could be in jeopardy after war with Hamas
Analysts believe the future of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be in jeopardy after an unprecedented attack by the Hamas movement on Israel, which shocked the country, Agence France-Presse reported.
Daniel Bensimon, an Israeli political expert and former Labor MP, said it was “the beginning of his downfall”.
Although he admits that this is not the first time that the end of Netanyahu’s long political career has been discussed, he firmly believes that “his mistake this time is very serious.”
He told the agency: “He has failed in his essential mission of ensuring the safety of his people.” “Because of him, the government and the army were missing on the border of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, October 7,” adding: “He will pay a heavy price.”
Hamas surprised Israel by launching “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood”, its fighters infiltrated southern Israel by sea, land and air, firing thousands of rockets into Israel and killing more than 1,000 civilians. and took what was not needed in their homes, as well as at a music festival. At least 155 people are being held hostage, Israeli officials said.
Since then, after an intensive Israeli bombing campaign, the fighting has escalated into an all-out war. The death toll on the Israeli side reached more than 1,400 people, while the Israeli response led to the deaths of 2,670 Palestinians, according to the Hamas government’s health ministry.
Netanyahu’s political career, the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history for a total of 16 years, will end if a government inquiry concludes that he bears responsibility for the massacres during the Hamas offensive, Israeli officials and the media.
After the October War of 1973, when Israel was completely surprised by an attack by Egyptian and Syrian forces, and after the protests that followed the Israeli occupation of Lebanon in 1982, it was the government that appointed such a commission of inquiry in Israel. .
“A real scandal”
Hannon Crystal, a local policy analyst, explained that Netanyahu “is not legally obligated to do so, but the pressure of public opinion will reach a point where he has no choice.” Otherwise, the whole country will come to the streets,” he said.
On Friday, Haaretz newspaper published a cartoon of the leader of the right-wing Likud party, depicting him as a gardener watering lettuce in his garden, with the face of a Hamas leader superimposed on it.
Political expert Akiva Aldar said Netanyahu “failed all the way”. Ignore the military’s warnings. He prioritized settlement in the West Bank and generally ignored left-wing kibbutzim. He was held captive by the false belief that Hamas would never dare attack us so brutally.
He continued: “Other than that, he couldn’t make up his mind.”
A commentator on Israeli radio went in the same direction, pointing out that the formation of an “emergency government and a war government” comprising the opposition “must happen within 48 hours of the tragedy”. But have to wait for 5 days. “It’s a real scandal.”
A senior government official told the agency that no emergency government meeting was held when Hamas launched the attack, proof that Israel was completely taken by surprise.
“He has deceived us.”
The Likud Party believes the creation of an inquiry commission after the war is “inevitable”.
Michael Binami, the head of the Likud’s office in charge of social issues, told the agency: “It will be a committee set up by a national unity government, and if (Netanyahu) made a mistake, he will have to pay the price.”
He continued: “Meanwhile, there is a war to be fought, with the Prime Minister at the helm.”
However, his leadership in this situation has sparked protests from parts of his electoral base that supported him against demonstrators who have taken to the streets every week since January, particularly in Tel Aviv, to protest the judicial reform program proposed by his government. .
Rabbi Eliezer Mosiah told the agency in Jerusalem’s Old City: “He has deceived us. We trusted him because he allocated money for education in Talmudic schools. But what good is money when our children are killed and our women are raped? He must step down. He is no longer fit to rule.”
Ramim Atali, a taxi driver in a more extreme Jerusalem, says: “Prison. There he was to end his political career. “What he did was inexcusable and he knew it.”
Netanyahu’s opponents hope that his plan to reform the judiciary will turn against him the divisions he has created within society.
A host of a program on public radio commented: “He described his enemies as traitors. But they are the ones killed by Hamas and the ones who go to Gaza and solve the problem.” Israel has vowed to “eliminate (the Hamas movement)” as it continues its preparations for a ground attack on the Gaza Strip.
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Efforts to restore a cease-fire in Gaza, and news that Israel is willing to negotiate as the fighting continues
12/2/2023–|Last Updated: 12/2/202302:16 PM (Makkah Time)
Reuters and the Wall Street Journal quoted an Israeli official as saying Israel is willing to negotiate a ceasefire and prisoners held by Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip, but fighting continues.
The Washington-based official told Reuters that Israel was willing to offer additional pauses and could hold talks while the fighting continued.
Freeing the largest possible number of prisoners is a “priority” for Israel, he said, adding that “we have learned the lessons from our operations in northern Gaza and are applying them.”
The Israeli official added – according to the agency report – that Israel was working on a plan to minimize civilian casualties in any operation in southern Gaza, as he said.
Reuters cited a US official – described as a senior – that the US was working with Israel “on a plan to minimize harm to civilians in any operation south of Gaza”.
In turn, the Wall Street Journal quoted a U.S. official as saying that Israel had pledged to carry out “highly targeted” military action, which it described as aimed at minimizing civilian casualties and damage to buildings and other infrastructure.
Armistice extension
In this regard, Qatar – which has played a key role in mediation efforts – has said that negotiations with the Israelis and Palestinians to return to the ceasefire are still ongoing, but renewed Israeli bombardment of Gaza is complicating mediation efforts.
For its part, the Wall Street Journal quoted Egyptian officials as saying that Egypt and Qatar’s mediators failed to reach a breakthrough on a ceasefire in Gaza yesterday Friday, and mediators are expected to resume talks today. They stumbled upon the background of deciding whom the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) would release later.
Officials said – according to the newspaper – that Hamas wants Israel to release its remaining women and children, and that the movement is offering to release the bodies of dead and elderly prisoners.
The ceasefire, which began on November 24, has been extended twice, and Israel said it could continue if Hamas released 10 prisoners each day, but mediators could not find a formula for freeing more prisoners, including Israeli soldiers.
A Palestinian official said the ceasefire broke down after Israel demanded the release of female soldiers detained by Hamas.
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As soon as the cease-fire expired on Friday, Israel returned to a violent bombardment of the Gaza Strip, killing more than 240 Palestinians and injuring hundreds more within hours.
Yesterday, the Israeli occupation dropped leaflets in the eastern parts of Khan Yunis, ordering the evacuation of residents of 4 towns, not to the rest of the town as happened before, but to the southern town of Rafah.
Israel released a link to a map dividing Gaza into hundreds of zones, which it said would be used to determine safe zones in the future.
Despite this, Israel continues to bombard Rafah and other areas in the south, where hundreds of thousands of Gazans have taken refuge from fighting in the north. Doctors and witnesses said the blasts were intense yesterday in Khan Younis and Rafah.
Genocide and ethnic cleansing
For his part, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told a press conference in California that “we will continue to work with Israel, Egypt and Qatar towards the return of peace”, blaming the Hamas movement.
The Wall Street Journal quoted a US official as saying that Israel has pledged to carry out a more targeted military operation aimed at reducing civilian casualties and damage to buildings and other infrastructure.
The official said that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli wartime government about how long the war would last and had not received a clear answer.
The officials explained International pressure could force Israel to halt its operations as early as this year, especially if civilian casualties continue to be high, a timetable Israel does not accept.
Hamas accused Washington of green-lighting a “war” on Israel. Genocide and ethnic cleansing.” He said in a statement, “Today you shamelessly repeat Zionist lies …
Hamas takes responsibility for resuming the war and not extending the humanitarian peace.
Meanwhile, Senator Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told Reuters that Washington must pressure Israel, “We must push Israel to realize that this is not just a military conflict, but a conflict of hearts and minds. People in the world and people in the United States.” “.
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The order comes as both Ukraine and Russia seek to make gains on the ground and regroup their forces in a conflict that has seen little change on the front lines in recent months.
This brings the total number of Russian military personnel to about 2,200,000, including 1,320,000 soldiers.
This is the second such military deployment since 2018. This previous reinforcement of 137,000 soldiers, ordered by Putin in August 2022, puts the army at around two million personnel and an estimated 1,150,000 soldiers.
“The Army’s standing force increase is due to the increasing threats to our country associated with special military operations and the continued expansion of NATO,” the military statement said.
He said the number of troops in service would increase by around 170,000, which he said would be an “appropriate” response to the “hostile activity of the NATO camp”.
The report indicated there were no plans to make changes to recruitment rules or organize another mobilization campaign, an unpopular move that saw a mass flight of men from Russia last year.
Instead, in recent months the military has focused on recruitment campaigns with promises of lucrative financial rewards, particularly in remote areas.
But Kremlin critics saw the move as a “disguised” mobilization, as recruitment into the army continues unabated.
What are NATO’s movements?
- NATO joint forces are being formed near Russia’s borders, and additional air defense systems and offensive weapons are being deployed.
- NATO’s tactical nuclear capabilities are increasing, the statement said.
- The ministry added that the Russian troop build-up was an appropriate response to NATO’s “aggressive actions”.
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