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On Thursday night, the Prime Minister Israel, Benjamin Netanyahurevealed for the first time his plan for the day after the war in Linkhis official proposal on the fate of the Palestinian enclave where his country is waging war with the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas this leaves thousands of civilians dead. The project, rejected by several of its allies, was described by the Palestinian Authority as an Israeli reoccupation of Gaza.
In the document presented to the war cabinet for approval and published by the Prime Minister’s Office Netanyahu recalled the short-term objectives: destroy the military capabilities and government infrastructure of both Hamas like Islamic Jihad, free the more than 100 hostages and prevent Link be a threat again.
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Netanyahu He did not give details about how long this phase would last, but he conditioned the reconstruction of the devastated Link to its complete demilitarization.
According to the plan, Israel will establish a Gaza strip demilitarized, whose security depends on the Jewish State and in which The United Nations Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA) will not existamong other objectives.
According to what was expressed by Netanyahuin the medium term your country will have total freedom of military movement within Gaza “without time limit”.
It also talks about having a safety buffer inside Link protect Israel.
Israeli forces “will exercise security control over the entire area west of Jordanincluding the Gaza strip“, “to prevent the strengthening of terrorist elements” and contain “threats against Israel“, highlights the document.
Netanyahu predict “the total demilitarization of Gaza”, except the material necessary to maintain orderas well as the “deradicalization of all religious, educational and social institutions” in the strip.
Israel not only would it control the border it currently has with Linkbut also the border of the Palestinian enclave with Egypt, to prevent the reappearance of “terrorist elements” in the Palestinian enclave. This is a significantly new and different proposal, and would work on the ground within the Link.
“’Cerca Sul’ will operate, as far as possible, in cooperation with Egypt and with the help of U.Sand will be based on measures to prevent smuggling from Egypt, both underground and airborne, including the passage of Rafa“, details the document Netanyahu.
As for the administration of the territory, Netanyahu He maintains that it will be handed over to “local employees with management experience” and “without links to countries or entities that support terrorism”.
As indicated by the AFP agency, the document makes no mention of the Palestinian authority of Mahmud Abbas, who partially administers West Bank occupied, although it does not explicitly exclude that this rival entity of the Islamists of Hamas participate in the management of Link.
On February 22, an Israeli official, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, stated that his country’s government is seeking recruit Palestinians with no ties to Hamas to manage civil affairs in areas of the Gaza Stripdesignated as testing grounds, for the future administration of the territory after the conclusion of ongoing hostilities.
“The Prime Minister’s document of principles reflects a broad public consensus on the aims of the war and to replace the government of Hamas in Link with a civil alternative,” the Netanyahu.
Long-term, Netanyahu He insisted on refusing the creation of a Palestinian State or “international dictates on a permanent agreement”.
The plan of Netanyahu It also provides for the dismantling of the UNRWAafter that Israel accuses several of its employees of being involved in the bloody Hamas attack on October 7.
“Israel will work to impede UNRWA activities in the Gaza Strip and replace them with responsible international aid agencies,” the plan details.
Although the organization of UN removed those allegedly involved and launched an investigation, the Israeli authorities did not publicly disclose the evidence of their accusation.
According to a CNN report, there are points in the plan that actually undermine the idea of a two-state solution or the path to a Palestinian state. Without this objective, it will be difficult for Israel attract the Arab partners mentioned in the plan to help finance and support this new next day in Link.
It is worth remembering that on October 7th, the Islamists of Hamas They infiltrated the south of Israel and killed around 1,160 people, most of them civilians, according to an AFP report. They also took around 240 hostages, of which more than 100 are still in their possession.
After this attack, on October 7 Israel declared war on Hamas and began attacking Gaza, in an offensive that has left more than 29,800 people dead in the Palestinian enclave, most of them civilians.
Nabil Abu Rudeinehspokesman for the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbassaid the plan Netanyahu “seeks to perpetuate the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and prevent the creation of a Palestinian State”.
“Gaza will only be part of the independent Palestinian state, with Jerusalem as its capital (…) If the world is really interested in having security and stability in the region, it must end the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and recognize the independent Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital”, he added.
“Netanyahu presents ideas that he knows perfectly well will never be successful,” said Osama Hamdan, a senior official at Hamas in Beirut.
For your part, Anthony BlinkenSecretary of State for The United States, Israel’s main allyrejected any Israeli reoccupation of the Gaza Strip or a reduction of its territory.
“There are certain basic principles that we established many months ago that we believe are very important when it comes to the future of Linkincluding that It cannot be a platform for terrorism, there must be no Israeli reoccupation of Gaza, the size of Gaza must not be reduced. So we want to make sure that any plan that emerges is consistent with those principles,” he said. Blink.
While José BorrellHigh Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy also rejected the plan Netanyahu.
“On Wednesday, at the G20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro, everyone sat at the table, the Americans, the United Kingdom, the European Union, the Member States, the Arab countries, the African people, the Latin Americans, All insisted that the only possible peaceful solution that could bring peace and security to Israel is the two-state solution.. “I haven’t heard a single voice against it,” he said. Borrell.
Avi MelamedIsraeli intelligence officer and expert on Arab affairs, he tells the agency that the only way to advance the process is within a regional plan with the intervention of the main Arab actors, to make it easier for Israelis to feel “really at ease” table”.
According to Melamed, with the “reduction” and “limitation” of the role of Hamasthe Islamic group will no longer be able to dictate its political agenda.
“I believe that under such conditions and circumstances there is room for this regional advancement and that the conflict provides a framework for Israelis and Palestinians to move forward in a very gradual process,” he said.
Source: Elcomercio
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