Zamir and the threat of change

After the Israeli government approved yesterday the appointment of Eyal Zamir as Chief of Staff of the Occupation Army, Netanyahu was among the first to congratulate him, considering that Zamir will carry out the mission of changing, as Netanyahu claims, the face of the Middle East with his offensive approach.

Netanyahu has continued to talk about this since the beginning of the war on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, waving the term “changing the Middle East,” which is a colonial term for an occupying entity that seeks to occupy more Arab lands adjacent to Palestine, primarily Lebanon and Syria. It was not surprising that Netanyahu and his Minister of Defense Katz congratulated the new Chief of Staff, describing the process of selecting him as professional and precise, and that it reflects great confidence in his extensive experience in the Israeli army.

Netanyahu's congratulations to Zamir more than once, and his admiration for what he described as his commitment to the army and Israel, and his support for this appointment, do not come out of nowhere, because Zamir will be obedient to Netanyahu's orders and requests, who has faced many problems and disagreements with the army leadership, especially with former Defense Minister Yoav Galant, and the pressure on a large number of leaders in the army in ways that force them to resign and abandon their duties, and the threat of dismissing the head of the Shin Bet, all appear to be successive episodes for Netanyahu to escape the failure of October 7, and prevent the formation of a national investigation committee, in addition to implementing everything dictated by the political level that wants to continue the war and abandon the exchange deal, and this will be acceptable to Zamir.

Zamir's appointment means the implementation of more military aggression campaigns in the West Bank, as the threat of this has become clear through the statements of recent days. Despite the failure of the Israeli army and its inability to achieve any military or political goal of the war on Gaza, many analysts are pinning hopes on Zamir to get the army out of its crisis, as they described him as an experienced general.

The Chief of Staff of the Israeli army is one of the most important leaders of the army, and he has broad powers to implement and translate military and political decisions. Accordingly, his offensive plans towards Iran and the region in general will be among the important goals he seeks to achieve, with the support and guidance of Netanyahu, who refused to disclose yesterday during his meeting with the US Secretary of State what he described as opening the gates of hell on Gaza, as the US President wants. However, what is certain is that with such a Chief of Staff, Netanyahu will not find it difficult to make all the decisions he wants, to continue the war on the West Bank and resume it on the Gaza Strip, while keeping the deception present by agreeing to send delegations to Cairo and Doha to negotiate without powers, all with the aim of activating the military option that will obstruct the second phase negotiations, and replace them with a new war, the goal of which is to displace and deport the Palestinians to achieve Trump's vision.