Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said several times in recent days that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is the only force that can control Gaza after the war, signaling plans for a long-term military occupation.
“IDF forces will remain in control of the Strip, we will not give it to international forces,” Netanyahu said on Friday in a meeting with Israeli mayors of towns near Gaza, according to The Times of Israel.
Biden administration officials have said they don’t want Israel to “re-occupy” Gaza, but the US has not placed any conditions on its support for Israel’s campaign.
Israel occupied Gaza after the Six-Day War in 1967 and withdrew its troops from the enclave in 2005. But after Hamas came to power in 2007, Israel imposed a complete blockade on Gaza, which is still considered a military occupation under international law.
Netanyahu reaffirmed the comments on Sunday and rejected the idea of the Palestinian Authority (PA), which administers some areas of the West Bank, taking over Gaza.
“We need to see the following two things: Gaza has to be demilitarized and Gaza has to be de-radicalized. And I think so far, we haven’t seen any Palestinian force, including the Palestinian Authority, that is able to do it,” Netanyahu told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Netanyahu and other Israeli officials have looked to capitalize on the split between Hamas and the PA to prevent the creation of a Palestinian state. “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas,” Netanyahu told a meeting of his Likud party in 2019. “This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.”
Bezalel Smotrich, leader of Israel’s Religious Zionist Party and the current finance minister, has previously called Hamas an “asset.”
“The PA is a liability and Hamas is an asset. On the international playing field in this game of delegitimization, think about for a second, the PA is a liability and Hamas is an asset. It’s a terrorist organization. Nobody will recognize it, nobody will give it status at the ICC [International Criminal Court] and nobody will let them push resolutions at the UN [causing us to] need an American veto,” Smotrich said in 2015.
This is really interesting on the history of Zionists and their collaboration with Nazis. It was always a fascist movement. The original book follows at the end:
Zionism as a Fascist Ideology and Movement: Zionist Relations with Nazi Germany by Faris Yahya Glubb
The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong … survive – Benjamin Netanyahu
We have seen it … Zionism is fascism … exactly – George Habash
https://liberatedtexts.com/reviews/zionism-as-a-fascist-ideology-zionist-relations-with-nazi-germany-by-faris-glubb/
Thanks for posting that link. Very interesting new (to me, at least) perspective.
I hope others check it out.
I read this also. Very well written, should be forwarded widely.
I never heard it either. But there was a similar post on a Jewish news site, but it was saying it was only about rescue, not the power of a state.
And the Waffen IDF is carrying out the ethnic cleansing of Gaza with the blessing of the traitors of Capitol Hill who sold out America for AIPAC silver
Meanwhile,it is the Arab world that republishes MeinKampf in arabic,copies of which are found in Hamas strongholds.
While the Waffen IDF turns the words of Mein Kampf into actions. All with the blessings and support of the US federal government.
++++ Thank you.
So … how demilitarized will it be with tens of thousands of IDF soldiers stationed there?
And … with IDF soldiers stationed there, how could it possibly be de-radicalized?
Or is this just a bunch of nonsense while Nakba2.0 is being carried out?
It’s just acknowledging that Israel is just like the US Federal government. Neither one has a shred of legitimacy left, they only rule because they are ready willing and able to inflict violence and misery on those who anger them. Why do you think Israel firsters are demanding an end to free speech? It’s because they know their arguments are BS so they intend to bring the cudgel of the law down upon their enemies. https://www.thefire.org/news/statement-orders-florida-public-universities-derecognize-students-justice-palestine-we-must
In the Donbass we see what an appropriate response to ethnic cleansing, mass murder, collective punishment and genocide is…..ARMED RESISTANCE.
Therefore; The US should use logic and quit supporting the superior economy and military forces of Israel.
If the US government continues as a totally outlaw rogue state, the US population should quit supporting the current US government and institute a more perfect union that puts people first and views the right to life as the ultimate human right.
Jumping the gun…?! You need to win the war first…!
Of course only the IDF can control Gaza; Israel will need that control while they get at the offshore oil deposits. The fun part will be to see if they CAN control Gaza in the long-term; they’re not doing so well so far, and sooner or later those reservists are going to have to go back to their jobs. As this unfolds, I have my doubts about how many Israeli kids will show up for conscription- or, if they do, how many will actually do any soldiering.
Here is something I learned about only recently (and shame on me):
The Ben-Gurion Canal Project.
A canal from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean which would facilitate Israel moving its warships by bypassing the Suez Canal. What stands in the way of this project?
Gaza.
Think about it.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=A2%2bnnAot&id=6EB9A6B6DE0B37FD18388BFC4DF50E50E7AEE85C&thid=OIP.A2-nnAotQbQB4BqPYTM_7AAAAA&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fupload.wikimedia.org%2fwikipedia%2fcommons%2fthumb%2fc%2fcf%2fBen_Gurion_Canal_topographic_map.webp%2f424px-Ben_Gurion_Canal_topographic_map.webp.png&cdnurl=https%3a%2f%2fth.bing.com%2fth%2fid%2fR.036fa79c0a2d41b401e01a8f61333fec%3frik%3dXOiu51AO9U38iw%26pid%3dImgRaw%26r%3d0&exph=788&expw=424&q=ben+gurion+canal+map&simid=607997198790891600&FORM=IRPRST&ck=BAA370DF10985305662CB5A90B504BC9&selectedIndex=0&idpp=overlayview&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0
Wasnt that in mein kamf her bibbi?
Netanyahu: “Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas,” Netanyahu told a meeting of his Likud party in 2019. “This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.”
“The PA is a liability and Hamas is an asset. On the international playing field in this game of delegitimization, think about for a second, the PA is a liability and Hamas is an asset. It’s a terrorist organization. Nobody will recognize it, nobody will give it status at the ICC [International Criminal Court] and nobody will let them push resolutions at the UN [causing us to] need an American veto,” Smotrich said in 2015.
How many times has anyone seen these statements printed or uttered on our MSM? How about “Hamas wants to destroy Israel”?
Since 1999 Hamas has offered Israel a ten year or longer Hudna (i.e., truce) provided Israel evacuate the settlements, lift the siege of Gaza , withdraw its military from all the occupied territory. Hamas is willing to defer the issue of the right of return to “future generations.” Here is a link to a report on Hamas’s posiion on a long term cease fire that is not covered in the MSM:
https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/126174/The%20Hudna%20-%20PRIO%20Policy%20Brief%2009-2010.pdf
BTW: The Hamas website is still down. Truth is always the first casualty in war.
Swan song of the Empire….
As for the MSM, well I’ve been speaking to my friends about the capitulation of the so-called Fourth Estate for over 40 years now. I can remember the early Vietnam war when there were actual journalists adjusting themselves to being in front of a camera:
Damndest thing, they were actually reporting the news as if people were intelligent enough to hear it, and of all the crazy ideas, actually decide what they thought about it.
Is Netanyahu the more evil because he orders the killing of innocents, or is it Biden who chooses to remain silent in the face of an obscenity in order to preserve his decaying image?
“decaying image”
Literally and figuratively.
They both should be indicted by the ICC. The trial should be held in Gaza City. Plenty of witnesses there.
Bibi, Darth Vader on line 2….
Netanyahu is lying as usual. The mobilization of 300,000 Israeli troops is equivalent to mobilizing 15 million American troops. It is unsustainable. The IDF is designed to fight quick wars with overwhelming force. The IDF lost badly in Lebanon, the only war it fought for more than a few weeks.
The truth is that the IDF has been unable to engage and defeat Hamas because (1) For decades Hamas has been preparing to resist the inevitable IDF invasion of Gaza and (2) Hamas has deep roots among the Gazan people who are determined to resist erasure and who have chosen Hamas to lead their resistance. Even if Israel could kill all the Hamas fighters (I doubt that is possible) the holocaust Israel unleashed in Gaza guarantees new generations of militants who will continue to hate the occupation and resist it.
The danger now is twofold: First, Israel can’t defeat Hamas or destroy the Palestinian resistance. And Israel cannot sustain a long term occupation of Gaza. Once that reality sets in, Israel will turn to the United States to supply boots on the ground to occupy Gaza. Most likely Biden and Netanyahu will agree to a US presence as peacekeepers in Gaza while Biden will insist on bringing in the PA as a puppet regime to be a figurehead in Gaza while US muscle enforces the Israeli occupation. Biden will try to portray this as a concession by Netanyahu when in reality the US expeditionary force will be subordinate to the Israeli regime.
The second danger is that Israel will use fervor over the Al Aqsa
Flood attacks in the US media and the Zionist lobby to instigate a war between Iran and the US that has been the chief foreign policy goal of the Zionist lobby ever since the US debacle in Iraq established Iran as the strongest power in the Mideast.
These are dangerous times. But we need to speak out against the ongoing slaughter of the Palestinian people.