https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-799143
Hamas to remain in power: Netanyahu's hidden motive unveiled
Simple yet painful truth: Netanyahu prefers weakened Hamas in Gaza to secure power and avoid recognition of alternatives by the international community.
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Netanyahu's real intentions and goals for current war
The war in Gaza ended with a weak response simply because Netanyahu prefers a weakened Hamas that still controls Gaza, over any other entity that receives international recognition and cooperation. This is for his personal and political reasons that are not hard to comprehend.
Channel 12 announced last week that an international option for a solution is being examined, according to which "The UN Security Council may appoint an international transitional authority, a task force based on NATO, which will enter the Gaza Strip for a limited period of 5 years. During this, the real foundation for the Palestinian state will be built. The body will also be responsible for the reconstruction of Gaza, the construction of the state institutions in the Gaza Strip - and the preparation for elections after 5 years. If this model is successful, it will also move to the West Bank."
In other words, placing NATO troops in the Strip brings to the front of the stage the elephant in the room, the one Netanyahu worked so hard to hide throughout his years of office. In any way forward to a post-Hamas world, it will no longer be possible to avoid the Palestinian matter and the demands of the US and the world on this topic. This will also lead directly to the dissolution of the Ben-Gvir-Smotrich-Netanyahu government. This shows the rationale that led Smotrich to declare in 2015 that "Hamas is an asset" and that Netanyahu said at the Likud party meeting in 2019 that we should support the strengthening of Hamas. These ideologies have not changed at all since October 2023.
On the contrary, they have only gotten stronger. From the fact that any alternative to Hamas means a real discussion of the future of the territories, Netanyahu's real war goal was derived from the weakening of Hamas, but not their total elimination.
Hamas, weakened but alive and in control of Gaza, is the key to Netanyahu's chances of allowing the status quo to remain in place, including his remaining in power. Now, he must find a way to accuse others, through his messengers, of achieving his own goal. In this regard, MK Gotliv's latest tweets directly clarify who is to blame for failing to eliminate Hamas.
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