Gaza Between Netanyahu and Trump

In the Gaza Strip, Netanyahu cannot be accepted to turn the ceasefire into a half-war; to continue bombing civilians and practicing assassination, which disrupts, and must disrupt, the first phase agreement of Trump's project, which has turned into something resembling an international agreement, especially after it was solidified at the Sharm El Sheikh conference, which Trump wanted to be internationally endorsed.

Netanyahu would not have accepted a ceasefire or signed the agreement at all, were it not for the decisive pressure exerted on him by Trump and his aides. However, he quickly began to search for an excuse, even if it involved extracting a few bodies from under the rubble, or related to the deteriorating situation in Gaza, days after the ceasefire.

Here lies the contradiction between Trump's post-agreement and its consolidation directions, and Netanyahu's true intentions to turn the ceasefire into a half-war, or a half-ceasefire, which, if it becomes a reality, will practically disrupt Trump's continuation in implementing the ceasefire and moving forward to achieve the other goals of his project.

This necessitates reading the project with its apparent and hidden objectives, summarized as Trump's drive for a tight hegemony over the Arab and Islamic countries, or what can be called the new Middle East, and even beyond that to other Islamic countries as well.

This "end" of Trump's project, if not disrupted by Netanyahu, is considered a disaster for Arab national security, and for all those who will be drawn into the "Abrahamic project," and the tight Arab and Islamic normalization with the Zionist entity.

And in this, of course, lies a supreme interest for the Zionist entity in the future, but how can Netanyahu comprehend that; because he is living in the present moment where Trump is asking him to submit to the ceasefire and accept what the second phase negotiations of his project will lead to.

The explanation for this goes back to Netanyahu's isolation, his feeling of defeat in the first phase agreement of the project, and the fear that the ceasefire will prevent him from imposing his vision for the next phase in Gaza, as well as at the regional level.

Netanyahu and his allies resorted to sabotaging the ceasefire and imposing their policies on Trump by raising the slogan "Israel is an independent state." This slogan means not yielding to Trump, failing his project, and even failing what has been achieved from it; because it is impossible for Gaza to turn into a state of half-war, where war is better than that.

Here, Trump faces the necessity, if he does not want his project to fail, to threaten, and even implement, the cessation of military aid, which forces Netanyahu to kneel.

However, this is a decision that is not easy for Trump to make, due to his Zionism and his fear for Netanyahu and the Zionist entity.

Thus, Trump faces a dilemma, between the decision to threaten to stop military aid to succeed his project, on one hand, and the risk of implementing this decision, which gives Gaza the opportunity not to allow Netanyahu to impose a state of half-war.

It should be added that the balance of power is not in Netanyahu's favor, especially in returning to war, and facing global opposition again, as well as confusing Trump's relations, Arab and Islamic, in passing his project when it becomes Netanyahu's project.