The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor called for the opening of an independent international investigation into information about the Israeli occupation army burying wounded and Palestinian citizens alive in the yard of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, north of Gaza, from which the army forces withdrew after 9 days of siege, storming, and committing horrific atrocities.

The Euro-Mediterranean Observatory - based in Geneva - said in a statement today, Saturday: It received testimonies and complaints from medical and media teams confirming that Israeli bulldozers buried Palestinians alive in the hospital yard before they withdrew from it this morning, and that at least one of the bodies could be seen amid the piles of sand. Citizens confirmed that he was injured before he was buried and killed.

The Observatory confirmed that its teams continue to document what happened in the hospital, including information about killing alive and injured people and burying them in the hospital yard, stressing the need to open an international investigation into the horrific violations that the hospital witnessed, targeting patients, displaced people, and medical staff over the past days, as part of Operation Comprehensive targeting of hospitals and health services in the Gaza Strip since the seventh of last October in the Gaza Strip.

The statement highlighted that after several days of repeated attacks and siege, Israeli army bulldozers this morning carried out bulldozing operations inside the hospital and completely destroyed the southern part of it, before withdrawing from it, leaving massive destruction.

The Observatory indicated that about 9 days ago, Israeli tanks approached the hospital, and Israeli army snipers mounted high buildings and began shooting at anyone moving in the area.

It stated that on Monday, 12/11/2023, Israeli forces directly bombed the hospital’s maternity ward, killing two women and their two children and amputating a third woman’s feet.

It stated that on Tuesday 12/12/2023, Israeli army forces arrested the hospital director, Dr. Ahmed Al-Kahlot, and took more than 70 health personnel out of the hospital to an unknown destination.

It confirmed that Israeli forces stormed several times during these days and turned its roofs and buildings into military barracks, imposing a siege on those inside and depriving them of access to food and water.

An eyewitness, who requested to remain anonymous, was quoted as confirming that the Israeli forces, 48 hours after storming the hospital and placing it under tight siege, asked all males in the hospital from the age of 16 to leave, including the medical staff in the hospital courtyard, then divided them into groups of 5 people and subjected them to photography for verification of their identities.

Later, according to the statement, the Israeli forces worked to evacuate the hospital of those who were in it - 65 injured people, 12 children in intensive care, 6 premature babies, 2,500 displaced people, and 100 medical personnel - in stages, and they forced the males to take off their clothes, 10 meters after they left the hospital. It detained them outdoors in a square for 6 hours before arresting about 50-60 of them, releasing the rest and asking them to go to schools that have shelter centers.

About 50 patients, their families, and 5 doctors and nurses remained inside the hospital. They were detained inside one of the buildings without food, purchases, or electricity.

The Observatory highlighted that during the storming of the hospital, Israeli forces destroyed the external gates, part of the administration building and the pharmacy, burned the medicine store before destroying it, destroyed the water well, the electricity generator, and the oxygen station, and made a large hole in the hospital yard and exhumed about 26 bodies of dead people who had been buried in the place previously. It buried them in cemeteries, where the bulldozer took them out in a humiliating manner that degraded the dignity of the dead.

The Observatory indicated that the Israeli occupation army published a picture of four people leaving the hospital carrying four Kalashnikov weapons, and tried to portray them as if they were militants. However, the Observatory’s initial investigations showed that one of them was a trained doctor, the other a nurse, and the other two were displaced, and that the Israeli forces I forced them to carry the weapons of the police officers guarding the hospital gates.

The Observatory confirmed that it had received testimonies about the death of an elderly person as a result of hunger and thirst inside the hospital, and the death of another after Israeli forces unleashed one of their dogs on him, while a number of children and two patients who were inside the intensive care room died as a result of not receiving appropriate health care.

The Euro-Mediterranean Observatory said: The atrocities committed by the Israeli forces at Kamal Adwan Hospital are an extension of the Israeli army’s repeated attacks on facilities, crews, and medical transports as part of a systematic policy since last October 7, aimed at destroying the health care system in the Gaza Strip, which constitutes a war crime under the rules of international humanitarian law.

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Friday that it would not be “logical” or “right” for Israel to reoccupy Gaza, as US and Israeli officials continue to push contradictory visions about the future of the Strip, the Financial Times reported.

Speaking at a press conference upon takeoff from Tel Aviv, Sullivan revealed that Israel “does not have a long-term plan to occupy Gaza,” and explained that the United States is in “intensive” discussions with Israel about the timeframe for the transition to a new Palestinian administration in Gaza and how it should happen, but he insisted that the American position on the future of Gaza is “clear.”

“We do not believe it is logical or right for Israel to occupy Gaza and reoccupy Gaza in the long term, and we would like to see that shift eventually happen,” Sullivan said.

The Biden administration has said that the Palestinian Authority, which administers parts of the occupied West Bank and administered the Gaza Strip until 2007, should play a key role in the Strip once Israel ends its military activities.

However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly ruled out the return of the Palestinian Authority or any Palestinian-run government to Gaza. On Thursday, Benny Gantz, a member of the Israeli Defense Cabinet, clearly said that Israel would retain full security control of the Strip, and that this would include “taking over territory” to provide a launching pad for future military operations.

The intransigence of Israeli officials regarding the role of the Palestinian Authority in Gaza stems from their rejection of the idea of a Palestinian state.

On Thursday, Tzipi Hotovely, the Israeli ambassador to the UK, told Sky News that there was “absolutely no” possibility of the Israeli government agreeing to a two-state solution – which would include recognition of a Palestinian state.

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller stated, “We have seen a number of different statements from different officials within the Israeli government regarding the two states. We will continue to clarify what our policy is and what we believe is the appropriate policy moving forward. And I say this as an appropriate policy not only for the benefit of the Palestinian people, but rather in the interest of the Israeli people, and in the interest of Israel’s long-term stability and security.”

Miller said, "The October 7 attacks should be a wake-up call to everyone that the status quo that has existed for several years is not in Israel's interest, and that there must be a solution moving forward that meets the legitimate aspirations of Israel and the Palestinian people while providing security for the Israeli people." "We believe that the best way to achieve that is to establish an independent Palestinian state. We have made that very clear. We are making that clear privately, we are making that clear publicly, and this is something that we will continue to work with the Israeli government on."

Opposition to the two-state solution enjoys broad consensus across the various Israeli political spectrum, but is particularly entrenched in Netanyahu's far-right coalition.

Sullivan met with a number of senior Israeli officials, including Netanyahu, and he also met Friday in the West Bank with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, where he said he discussed how to reform the Palestinian Authority, according to statements by John Kirby, spokesman for the US National Security Council.

“At a fundamental level, we believe that the Palestinian Authority needs to be renewed and revitalized, and it needs to be modernized in terms of its style of governance and its representation of the Palestinian people,” Kirby said.

In turn, Sullivan further emphasized that ultimately it should be "up to the Palestinian people to act through their representation."

The Israeli war on Gaza has left more than 18,800 Palestinians dead, the vast majority of them civilians, including at least 8,000 children.

1. The Palestinian Prisoners' Club said that the occupation forces arrested 16 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

   
   

   The club added in a statement that the number of detainees in the West Bank has risen to 4,520 since October 7.

   
   

   Since the beginning of the Israeli war on Gaza, the occupation army has intensified its campaign of raids and arrests of cities and towns in the West Bank.

   
   

   
   

   
   

The United Nations General Assembly resumed its tenth emergency special session to address the dangerous situation in the Gaza Strip, for the second time since the start of the Israeli aggression against the besieged Strip.

This came at the request of the Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United Nations, in its capacity as Chairman of the Arab Group for this month, and the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to the United Nations, in its capacity as Chairman of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, and in coordination with the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, in light of The Security Council failed to carry out its duties under the Charter, which threatens the maintenance of international peace and security, as a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire for humanitarian reasons was adopted by an unprecedented overwhelming majority, as the resolution received the support of 153 countries, against the objection of 10 countries, and the abstention of 23 countries.

The Permanent Representative of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, Ambassador Riyad Mansour, confirmed in the State of Palestine’s speech, during the second session held by the General Assembly of this resumed session yesterday evening, that states have legal and moral obligations to act and work to stop atrocities and save human lives, noting that all children in Gaza faces a death sentence that could be carried out at any moment.

In this context, Mansour stressed that no country should participate in issuing these rulings or accept participation in signing the death certificates of our children, noting the General Assembly’s response to the initial call and the calls of the United Nations through its Secretary-General and its organizations, along with the peoples of the entire world, to stop humane shooting.

He noted that there is no way to end the massacres committed against civilians, including children, and to address the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the occupation, at an unprecedented pace, and to address the humanitarian catastrophe caused by the occupation on an unprecedented scale, except through a ceasefire.

Mansour said, "Our children who were killed or orphaned are not collateral damage, but rather another generation that fell victim to the Israeli occupation."

He also stressed that the General Assembly moved and demanded a humanitarian ceasefire, in the name of humanity, morality and legitimacy, noting that the member states of the United Nations voted in support of the Charter of the United Nations and the Geneva Conventions, and voted for human rights, on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and against a new Nakba, on the 75th anniversary of the Nakba.

Mansour stressed the need for this vote to be followed by resolute collective action to ensure the implementation of the resolution that was adopted a few days ago without further delay, as every day, every hour and every minute is important to our people, noting that Israel is committing heinous atrocities in the Gaza Strip and deliberately making it a place unfit for human life, while also forcibly displacing two million Palestinians for more than two months.

He said that there is no doubt that what is happening in Gaza are brutal crimes, war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, stressing that there is one moral position in the face of such atrocities, which is an immediate ceasefire and an end to genocide.

Since dawn today, Saturday, dozens of citizens, including children and women, have been killed, and others were injured, and dozens of homes, buildings, residential apartments, and public and private property were destroyed in the ongoing Israeli occupation bombardment of the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air.

The occupation warplanes bombed two houses belonging to the Al-Najjar and Khader families on Old Gaza Street, in the northern Gaza Strip, killing at least 14 citizens and wounding others.

Dozens of citizens, including children and women, were killed, and dozens were injured, as a result of the occupation aircraft bombing a house in Jabalia, and a large number of civilians are still trapped under the rubble.

A young man was also killed in the Tal al-Zaatar area, north of Gaza, after an occupation sniper shot him inside his house.

The occupation warships fired heavy machine guns in the Rafah Sea, south of the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, the eastern areas of Khan Yunis Governorate are subjected to continuous bombardment.

Regarding Kamal Adwan Hospital, which is under siege for the eighth day in a row, in light of the severe shortage of water and food, the occupation has completely destroyed the southern part of the hospital, and is still targeting everyone who moves in it.

The occupation also continues to oppress and abuse medical staff there, and 12 children are still detained in incubators there without water or food.

The head of the pediatric department at Kamal Adwan Hospital was aware of a new massacre that the occupation might commit against those inside it, after forcing the medical staff, the wounded, and those present to leave it and gather in its courtyards, amid the cold weather.

The occupation forces had previously stormed most of the hospitals in Gaza and its north, abused medical staff, the displaced, the sick and the injured, and arrested 34 medical staff.

The occupation authorities continue to cut off telephone communications and the Internet from all areas of the Gaza Strip, for the third day in a row.

This is the fifth time since the beginning of the aggression on the seventh of last October, that the occupation has cut off telephone communications from landlines, cell phones, and Internet networks to the people of the Gaza Strip, which prevented them from communicating with each other, and made it impossible for ambulances to reach targeted areas to transport the dead and injured, in addition to isolating the Gaza Strip from the outside world.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society also announced last Thursday that it had completely lost contact with the operations room in the Gaza Strip, and with all its crews working there, in light of the occupation authorities completely cutting off landline, cellular and Internet communications networks, for the fifth time since the beginning of the aggression.

In a non-final toll announced by the Ministry of Health, the number of dead in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli aggression on the 7th of last October has risen to 18,700 dead, 70% of whom are children and women, while the number of injured has reached more than 51,000, and there are thousands missing.

Controversy over the accusation that “Hamas” is a Nazi organization and questions about whether Gaza is witnessing genocide

At a time when the majority of Israeli citizens support their army in its insane war on the Gaza Strip, and accept the official narrative that it came in response to Hamas’s “brutal attack” on civilians in Jewish towns in the Gaza Strip on October 7, Israeli historians are divided among themselves. Some of them sided with the official story, while the other group stood sharply against it, refusing to compare anything to Nazism and warning of the consequences of the disasters that Israel is causing to the people of the Gaza Strip.

Researcher Ofer Aderet, writing in Haaretz newspaper on Thursday, considered this discussion vital even though the war has not yet ended, as dozens of senior historians are participating in it and conducting their discussions in English, in front of the whole world. The discussions revolve mainly, at this stage, about the level of Israel's responsibility for the war, or whether it is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza, or whether Hamas can actually be compared to the Nazis or the October 7 massacre to the Nazi Holocaust.

The debate among historians was opened with a letter published last month in the American magazine “New York Review of Books” entitled “An Open Letter on the Misuse of the Memory of the Holocaust,” in which the signatories of the letter rejected official Israeli statements describing “Hamas” and its attack as Nazism.

The letter stated: “We are writing to express dissatisfaction and disappointment with prominent leaders and prominent public figures who invoke the memory of the Holocaust to explain the current crisis in Gaza and in Israel.” By these figures, as it later became clear in the letter, they meant Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, who placed a yellow patch (a patch that was placed to distinguish Jews during the time of German Nazism), on which he wrote, “This will not be repeated forever” in the General Assembly. US President Joe Biden, who said: “Hamas has committed unprecedented, horrific acts since the disaster,” and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who constantly repeats that “Hamas are neo-Nazis.”

These historians call for refraining from referring to Hamas' crimes as a disaster and Hamas as Nazism. They said: “The effect of such statements is an escalation of political discourse, dehumanization of the Palestinians, and taking the historical situation out of its context.” They added: “In the current disproportionate confrontation in Gaza, these statements are being used to justify the commission of war crimes. If the current war is considered a battle between “the Sons of Light” and “the Sons of Darkness,” between “the Illuminati” and “the barbarians,” between “the Jews” and “the Nazis,” then any violent act will be justified on the grounds that it came to prevent another catastrophe.” According to them, this rhetoric encourages Israel to “kill thousands of innocent people, systematically destroy cities and refugee camps, and turn most of the population in Gaza into refugees.” The authors of the article warned that using certain language against Hamas and the Palestinians could incite racism and Islamophobia. They said: Attaching the “neo-Nazi” slogan to Hamas men attributes harsh anti-Semitic motives to those who defend the rights of Palestinians.

Prominent among the signatories of the letter was Professor Omer Bartov (69 years old), who was born in Israel and obtained a doctorate from Oxford. Since 2000 he has been teaching history at Brown University on Long Island. The article was also signed by Professor Amos Goldberg, Head of the Institute for Research in Contemporary Judaism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Professor Alon Confino, Director of the Institute for the Study of Holocaust and Genocide at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (grandson of Ida Cerny, one of the heads of the Mossad, which was appointed by the Prime Minister, Levi Eshkol, in 1967, the mission to displace the people of Gaza to Jordan), and American historian Christopher Browning, author of the book “Ordinary People.”

The letter also stated that comparing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the extermination of the Jewish people at the hands of Nazi Germany is “an intellectual and moral failure with serious consequences.” Among other things, it erases the historical relevance of the conflict: 75 years of displacement, 56 years of occupation, and 16 years of siege on Gaza. They stressed the difference, in their opinion, between “Hamas” and Nazism, pointing out that “the Third Reich was a state built on an extremist terrorist system, and for a long period it was the most powerful military superpower in Europe, which controlled a land empire and adopted a policy of absolute destruction against the Jews. The Jews in Europe and North Africa did not pose any military threat to Germany in any way, but rather they were a fragile minority with no effective ability to defend themselves,” they wrote. They described Hamas, on the other hand, as “a completely different phenomenon.” They explained: “The Gaza Strip is one of the most crowded and poorest places in the world, which according to most international institutions remains under occupation. It is subject to siege and completely dependent on Israel.”

The signatories of the letter implicitly said: A more correct comparison could place Israel ahead of Nazi Germany. “Israel is the most powerful country in the region.” They added: “The attack on October 7, despite its brutality, did not pose any existential threat to the State of Israel.”

This letter sparked anger, and 33 other historians were recruited to write a response letter, headed by Jeffrey Herf and Norman Gooda, which they published under the title: “Is the history of Nazism and the Holocaust a useful comparison point for Hamas’ crimes, or is it a false analogy?” They began the article as follows: “On October 7, Hamas committed a deliberate campaign of mass murder, rape, torture, and kidnapping against Israel. This was not the Holocaust, but this was the most mass and significant killing of Jews since the Holocaust. Finding common characteristics and differences between historical events has always been vital to understanding the past and present. The claim that Hamas is a current expression of ideas behind a long legacy of Jew hatred, racism, and terrorism is not exaggerated and does not involve any misuse, whether of history or the memory of the Holocaust.

In contrast to their friends who completely reject the comparison between “Hamas” and Nazism, they wrote explicitly in this article that “from an intellectual standpoint, there is a Nazi connection to (Hamas).” They talked about the leakage of anti-Semitic Nazism into the Middle East before and during the disaster, and about the cooperation that the Nazis obtained from Muslim officers. They talked about “the confusion between Jewish-Islamic and European hatred” and said: “This began with the (Muslim Brotherhood) and Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini, and it continues with (Hamas), which is itself an extension of the (Muslim Brotherhood) movement.” The researchers quoted from the Hamas charter about “the elimination of the Jewish state.” They described it as “full of the vicious hatred of Jews by the Muslim Brotherhood on the one hand, and full of Nazi conspiracy theories on the other hand.”

They also criticized the historical narrative behind the article written by their comrades, which presents the Nakba and occupation as the background to the October 7 massacre. “None of us is saying that Israeli governments have had no role in making bad decisions in recent years,” as they wrote. But whoever searches the archives for the history of Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict cannot claim that only Israel is guilty of this situation.” The authors of the article used the concept of “barbarians” about “Hamas” after October 7. They explained that it correctly describes Hamas' crimes on that day.

The letter attacked Bartuf and his colleagues’ claim that it is not possible to compare Hamas with the Nazis. Because the Nazis, unlike Hamas, had a state. They wrote: “Hamas has had a state in Gaza for 17 years, five years longer than the Nazis ruled in Germany. Like any dictatorship, Hamas has a monopoly on legislation, media, and the use of force. Gaza is a civil society also threatened by Hamas. But there are also supporters of Hamas. According to the basic documents of Hamas, Israel is an intolerable minority in the Islamic world.

As a result, Israeli researchers into the disaster, including Professor Yehuda Bauer, Professor Hafi Dreyfus, and Professor David Zilberkling from Yad Wasim, contributed to the discussion. They published a letter in the Jewish Chronicle newspaper and wrote: “History does not repeat itself. The events of October 7, no matter how terrible, are different from a Hamas disaster, whatever its murderous ideology and the unconscionable atrocities it has committed, should not be considered a modern clone of the Nazis.”

But these researchers disagreed with Bartuf and his colleagues on other points, and wrote that there are fundamental differences between Hamas and Israel. Hamas deliberately attacks civilians, while the other side wants to reduce the number of civilian casualties, even if, unfortunately, its efforts are not always successful, they said.

Bartov returned to publish another article in the New York Times in which he called on institutions researching the Holocaust, such as Yad Vashem and the Holocaust Museum in Washington, to warn against “rhetoric full of anger and revenge,” which leads to the demonization of the Palestinians, and to warn against Israel’s involvement in War “crimes” war, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and the genocide of a people.” The article concluded with, “So far we have time to stop Israel from turning these actions into the genocide of a people.”

Source: Alsharq Alawsat

The Israeli army announced on Friday that its forces killed three hostages “by mistake” in Gaza, after believing they posed a “threat.”

The army explained in its statement that the dead were Yotam Haim, from Kibbutz Kfar Azza and Samer Talqa, from Kibbutz Nir Am. The family of the third hostage had been notified and asked that his name not be published.

The IDF said, "This is an active combat zone with continuous fighting over the past few days. Immediate lessons were learned from this incident, which were conveyed to all IDF forces in the field."

Source: Sky News

A young man from Askar camp in Nablus was killed by Israeli occupation forces for allegedly attempting to carry out a stabbing attack at the Huwwara checkpoint, this Friday evening.

The Israeli army announced that its forces opened fire and killed a “terrorist” after he approached them while carrying a knife at its position near Nablus.

A young man was shot by Israeli occupation forces, this Friday evening, after they stormed Al-Ain camp, west of Nablus.

A local source reported that large forces from the occupation army stormed Al-Ain camp and deployed in the area amid heavy firing of bullets and toxic tear gas bombs, which resulted in a young man being injured by bullet fragments in the hand.

On Friday evening, the Israeli occupation forces assaulted and beat a citizen and his parents in Tel Rumeida in the city of Hebron.

Sources from the Palestinian Red Crescent said that a citizen was transferred to Hebron Governmental Hospital to receive treatment after being beaten by the occupation forces.

In turn, Imad Abu Shamsiyya, an activist at the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem, said that the occupation forces arrested the young man, Mahmoud Abu Markhiya (31 years old), and beat him, then his parents, who tried to prevent the soldiers from assaulting him.

Abu Shamsieh explained that the occupation forces have intensified their repressive measures against citizens residing in the Tel Rumeida area in the center of Hebron, which is suffocated by settlements and occupation barriers.

A child was injured by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets this Friday evening, during their storming of the Shweika suburb, north of Tulkarm.

Local sources said that a 14-year-old child was shot in the thigh during confrontations that broke out on the main street of the suburb.

The occupation forces stormed the suburb from its western area, stationed on the main street, raided a number of shops, searched them, and subjected those inside to field investigation.

A journalist was killed and another injured, today, Friday, in the bombing by occupation drones of a school housing displaced people in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that the cameraman of the Qatari Al Jazeera channel, Samer Abu Daqqa, was killed, and the channel’s correspondent and the director of its office in Gaza, Wael Al-Dahdouh, was injured in the hand and waist, in a drone strike on the Khan Yunis Secondary School for Girls (Farhana), which houses displaced persons, while they were covering the situation in the school. After being exposed to a previous Israeli bombing this morning, they were wearing helmets and protective armor indicating that they were journalists.

The sources indicated that a number of citizens and medical teams were also injured in the Israeli bombing.

The Journalist Al-Dahdouh was transferred to Nasser Medical Hospital in Khan Yunis, where his condition was described as mild to moderate, while medical teams and ambulances were unable to reach the injured journalist, Abu Daqqa, in light of the intensification of the occupation artillery shelling on the school and its surroundings, and the interruption of communications, leaving him bleeding for more than 5 hours.

With the death of the journalist Abu Daqqa, the number of killed journalists since the start of the aggression on October 7 has risen to about 75 journalists, including 9 female journalists, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate.

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar announced the failure of issuing a call for a ceasefire in Gaza during the European Union summit due to the lack of consensus among members.

This came in a statement to journalists today, Friday, at the conclusion of the two-day European Union leaders' summit in Brussels.

“My view, and the view of others, is that if we cannot reach a consensus on calling for a ceasefire (in Gaza), then there is no point in proposing some kind of temporary ceasefire or temporary pauses,” Varadkar said.

He added, "The position of the overwhelming majority of European Union countries is that there must be a ceasefire now" in Gaza.

It is noteworthy that the European Union leaders, who met in an extraordinary summit on October 17th, and an ordinary summit on the 26th and 27th of the same month, were unable to agree on calling for a ceasefire in Gaza for the third time.

Since last October 7, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating war on Gaza that, as of Thursday evening, left 18,787 dead and 50,897 injured, most of them children and women, massive destruction of infrastructure and an “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe,” according to Palestinian and UN sources.

The facts in Gaza and the world did not change the Israeli mood. All the victims and this huge amount of destruction did not seem to push the Israelis to peace. This was confirmed by Dalia Sheindlin, a researcher from Tel Aviv at the Washington-based Century International Center for International Research and Policy, based on recent polls conducted inside Israel and others she conducted herself because she is an opinion poll expert and researcher at the Israel Democracy Institute.

Sheindlin wrote in Foreign Affairs: For more than twenty years, the right-wing parties that dominate Israel's political scene promised voters that the country was safer than it would be under any other policy, and most of them supported them. But on October 7, a Hamas attack shattered this idea. However, Israel has not changed. Although Israelis blame the country's leaders for the disastrous security failures surrounding the attacks, their basic political orientation is unlikely to change.

Israeli coup after the war

Scheindlin considered that the Israelis turning against their leaders during wartime is not a new thing. They were often angry with their government after the outbreak of war, regardless of the political orientation of the ruling parties. In 1973, Prime Minister Golda Meir was blamed for failing to anticipate the attack launched by Egypt that led to the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War and was eventually removed from office. As for the second intifada, or the violent Palestinian uprising that began in 2000, it led to the collapse of the government of Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who lost to Ariel Sharon by about 25 percentage points in 2001. Israel's war against the party in 2006 is another example. By August of that year, 63% of Israelis felt that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had failed to manage the war properly and should resign. At the beginning of 2007, Olmert was facing corruption investigations, and more than three-quarters of Israelis were dissatisfied with his performance, the same percentage that now wants Netanyahu to relinquish power (Olmert resigned in 2008 due to corruption accusations).

Despite widespread anger over Netanyahu government's judicial reform plan, majority of Jewish voters continue to identify with the right in opinion polls, according to survey

The expert who conducts the ongoing joint Israeli-Palestinian public opinion poll in cooperation with the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research ruled out that Netanyahu will remain in his position. She pointed to an opinion poll conducted on November 22 and 23, after the government announced a hostage release deal that could have strengthened its position, which showed that the ruling coalition would lose 23 of its 64 seats in the Knesset (out of 120 seats). She pointed to another poll which showed that Likud would lose nearly half of its 32 seats in the Knesset, and that more than three-quarters of Israelis believe that Netanyahu should resign, after or even during the war. Last April, only 37% of Israelis supported the prime minister. Since the attacks, that number has dropped to 26 percent. By mid-November, nearly 52% favored former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, Netanyahu's main political rival and current partner in the emergency war government.

Netanyahu's departure will not bring about change

Scheindlin stressed that Netanyahu's departure will not bring about a fundamental change in Israeli policy.

She added: “Repeatedly, in times of war or extreme violence, Israelis have moved to the right. When Israel elected the right-wing Likud Party for the first time in 1977, it legitimized nationalist and ultra-Orthodox ideologies as an important force in Israel. During the 1980s, two major conflicts helped push further. From Israelis to the Right: The 1982 War and the First Intifada, which began in 1987. This shift is reflected in poll numbers: in 1981, poll researchers found that among Jews (no general polls included Arabs at the time) 36% of respondents said they intended to support a right-wing party. By 1991, the percentage had risen to about half of all Jewish Israelis. The 1992 elections were the last time Israelis voted left after a conflict with the Palestinians. Despite the signing of the government of Labor leader Yitzhak Rabin The Oslo Accords with the Palestine Liberation Organization led by Yasser Arafat, but extremists on both sides quickly thwarted the process. 

Before Rabin's assassination in November 1995, about half of Israeli Jews said they were right-wing, compared to 28% who said they were left-wing, and 23% described themselves as Centrists. In the 1996 elections, although opinion polls showed sympathy after the assassination for Rabin's successor, Shimon Peres, voters went on to elect Netanyahu, who ran on a right-wing populist platform opposed to the "peace process."

Scheindlin added that during the first decade of this century, Israelis shifted more to the right. It was characterized by suicide bombings, Israel's re-conquest of Palestinian cities in Operation Defensive Shield, then the 2006 war in Lebanon, Israel's withdrawal from Gaza that contributed to Hamas' victory in the Palestinian elections, its violent takeover of Gaza in 2007, and Israel's blockade of the Strip. Rocket fire from Gaza into Israel became more frequent, culminating in Operation Cast Lead, Israel's massive invasion of Gaza in 2008-2009. The Israelis then voted to reinstate Netanyahu, and the Likud Party took an increasingly nationalist, populist direction.

By 2011, more than half of Israeli Jews described themselves as right-wing, more than three times the number who said they were left-wing, a number that had fallen to 15%.

Scheindlin stressed that Netanyahu's departure will not bring about a fundamental change in Israeli policy

During the 2000s, as Israel engaged in numerous conflicts with Hamas, including its expanded operation in Gaza in 2014, Israeli Jewish voters' support for right-wing ideology steadily increased. The index was around 50% in the middle of the decade, and had reached 60% by 2019. At this point, Israeli Arabs, about 20% of the Israeli population (but about 17% of adult voters), were polled regularly, and declining levels of Their support for right-wing ideology led to a decrease in the overall average. However, even including Israeli Arabs, about half of the total Israeli public consider themselves right-wing. (Israeli Arabs have boosted the overall left to about 18% of the total population in most polls in recent years.) The years preceding the current war reinforced this path.

Despite widespread anger over the Netanyahu government's judicial reform plan, a majority of Jewish voters continued to identify with the right in opinion polls, according to a survey conducted by the Hebrew University's aChord Center for Social Psychology Research, just five days before the Hamas attacks, which found that Two-thirds of Israeli Jews identify with the right (either “hard right” or “moderate right”), while ten percent identify with the left. This means that for every left-wing Israeli Jewish voter, the trend was towards approximately seven right-wing voters. It would therefore not be surprising if Israelis move more to the right in the wake of the worst episode of violence against Israelis since the country's founding. Despite massive popular dissatisfaction with Netanyahu's leadership, concerns about political instability are likely to allow him to remain in power for now. Even if Netanyahu is eventually removed from power, the pollster rules out that Israel will take a different ideological path.

According to a poll on November 24, it was found that if the elections were held now, the center-right National Unity Party led by Gantz would obtain 43 seats, that is, 11 more seats than Likud in the 2022 elections and more than double what Likud will get now. Sheindlin concluded by saying that one of the reasonable outcomes of the current crisis is Israel's transition to a new government led by Gantz, who, with his long military record and the presence of former members of the Likud Party in his party, enjoys the legitimacy of the right and will want to preserve it.

American writer and political analyst Thomas Friedman affirmed that any Gulf Arab country will not contribute to the reconstruction of Gaza in the absence of a legitimate and effective Palestinian partner for Israel and unless the latter commits to negotiating a two-state solution one day, describing “any Israeli official who claims otherwise as delusional.”

Friedman’s words came after his recent visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for a week, during which he met with a number of their senior leaders, noting that “when the war in Gaza ends, Saudi Arabia remains committed in principle to resuming the normalization negotiations with Israel that were ongoing before October 7.” (October)".

Hamas and Israel: Who implicated whom?

In his article in the New York Times, Friedman wrote: “I was concerned from the beginning that Israel launched its invasion of Gaza to eliminate Hamas without a plan for what to do with the Strip and its people in the wake of any victory.” Having just spent a week in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Tracking the pulse of this important corner of the Arab world, I now feel even more concerned. Hamas has planned and executed a barbaric campaign that seems to drive Israel crazy and act without thinking about the next day. And that is exactly what Israel did. Today, after nine weeks, we can now see the next day. In In its effort to dismantle the Hamas military machine and eliminate the movement's senior leaders, Israel killed and wounded thousands of innocent civilians in Gaza. Hamas knew this would happen and did not care at all. While Israel should care. It will inherit responsibility for a massive humanitarian catastrophe that will take years to resolve. A global coalition can fix and manage it.”

Friedman also noted “the difficulty of an Israeli government, even a moderate one, committing to reviving this Saudi-American-Israeli-Palestinian dialogue at the present time.”

Friedman added: “This effort will cost billions of dollars and will take several years, and based on my conversations in the Gulf, no Gulf Arab country (in addition to the European Union countries or the US Congress) will come to Gaza with bags of money for its reconstruction unless, and even this is not certain.” "Israel does not have a legitimate and effective Palestinian partner and unless it commits to negotiating a two-state solution one day. Any Israeli official who claims otherwise is delusional. He pointed to the statement of the UAE Ambassador to the United Nations, Lana Nusseibeh, in a press conference: "We need to see a two-state solution plan.” "A viable roadmap... a serious roadmap before talking about the next day and rebuilding the infrastructure in Gaza."

The fate of normalization

Regarding the path of normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel through the American mediator, Friedman said, “When the war in Gaza ends, Saudi Arabia will remain committed in principle to resuming the negotiations that were ongoing before October 7. The negotiators were discussing the possibility of concluding a security treaty between the United States and the Kingdom and normalizing relations between the Kingdom.” And Israel, provided that the latter undertakes specific steps to work with the Palestinian Authority towards achieving a two-state solution.”

Thomas left Saudi Arabia with “a very strong impression that Saudi Arabia wants the Americans to end the Gaza war as quickly as possible, because the death and destruction in Gaza is radicalizing its youth, alienating foreign investors and preventing it from focusing on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 plan to transform the country.” In terms of education, infrastructure and women’s empowerment.” He said that although “Saudi leaders do not sympathize with Hamas, they doubt Israel’s ability to eliminate it, and are concerned that the damage to Gaza in its attempt to do so will lead to bad consequences.”

Friedman also pointed out “the difficulty of an Israeli government, even if it is moderate, committing to reviving this Saudi-American-Israeli-Palestinian dialogue at the present time, so how can that be with the group of fanatics who are currently running Israel, and who are committed to annexing the West Bank and Gaza Strip as well. Given what happened on 7 October “Many Israelis are unwilling to consider, let alone accept, ceding control of the territories to any Palestinian ruling authority.”

He said: “Netanyahu is currently campaigning to retain his position by trying to prove to his far-right base that he is the only leader willing to say to the Biden administration that his country will never achieve the minimum requested by the United States: to help establish a reorganized Palestinian Authority and provide a long-term political horizon.” For a Palestinian state by developing a Palestinian partner who can one day rule Gaza liberated from Hamas and Israel.”

Today, Friday, settlers attacked a citizen’s vehicle with stones, west of Salfit.

Local sources reported that settlers attacked with stones the vehicle of Iyad Al-Qaq, from the town of Kafl Haris, north of Salfit, and smashed all its windows, while those with him miraculously escaped injury, while he was passing near the town of Burqin, west of the city.

Earlier today, the Israeli occupation forces destroyed a citizen’s vehicle, during their storming of the town of Deir Istiya, northwest of Salfit.

Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported, Friday, December 15, 2023, quoting Israeli officials it described as “senior,” saying that China refuses to send any workers to Israel as the war continues in the Gaza Strip, and that this reflects Chinese alignment with Russia. Against Washington and Tel Aviv.

China's position on the aggression against Gaza

China and Russia took a position opposing the Israeli occupation state in its aggression against the Gaza Strip, and their leaders demanded in several statements a ceasefire.

On December 6, 2023, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Pei said that “the ceasefire and stopping the war are the top priorities” in Gaza, noting that “the major countries in particular must strive to calm tensions to prevent humanitarian disasters.” big".

He stressed that "any solution to the current crisis in Gaza cannot deviate from the two-state solution," explaining that Beijing believes that "the essence of the solution is respect for Palestine's right to establish a state and self-determination."

On November 20, 2023, China hosted a delegation from Arab and Islamic countries to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip and press for a ceasefire.

During the meeting, the Chinese Foreign Minister warned of “an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza,” stressing that what is happening affects all countries around the world, and urged the international community to act urgently and take effective measures to prevent the worsening of what he described as a tragedy.

Tel Aviv is making great international efforts to increase the number of foreign workers entering it, in light of the ongoing Israeli war with the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip.

Since the beginning of Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” on October 7, 2023, 10,000 foreign workers in a variety of industries have entered or returned to the Israeli occupation state, including 2,900 workers in the construction sector (yesterday another group of 200 workers arrived in Israel from Moldova ), and 1,200 agricultural workers.

Two additional groups from Malawi are scheduled to be sent to Africa this week to work in agriculture, and by the end of this month, another 4,500 agricultural workers from Sri Lanka are supposed to arrive in the Israeli occupation state.

At the same time, Tel Aviv is holding talks with the Thai government, to persuade it to allow thousands of its workers to join the agricultural sector in “Israel,” but Pankon is postponing the decision.

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen received 200 new foreign workers from Malawi, most of whom are expected to work in southern Israel.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that among the countries that are already sending workers after signing agreements with them are Sri Lanka, which is expected to send 300 workers weekly, Malawi with 200 workers, 600 nursing workers from Moldova, and 800 trainees from a variety of countries with the help of the National Aid Agency. Israeli, especially to work in the fields of agriculture.

According to the Israeli newspaper, there are other countries that Tel Aviv is already contacting in order to bring in more workers: Uganda, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Rwanda.

In recent weeks, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through its embassies around the world, has made contacts with 55 countries in order to encourage the bringing in of foreign workers and trainees to bring greater stability to the Israeli economy.

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said that Tel Aviv is working on "the political front to maintain the strength of the Israeli economy, and in recent weeks, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strengthened agreements and cooperation with many countries in order to allow the Israeli economy to continue moving forward, along with the war on Hamas."

Since the start of the aggression on Gaza, the Israeli economy has been facing a major crisis, represented by the collapse of the foreign labor project, on which large sectors of the Israeli occupation state depend.

Israeli data indicate that about 17,000 foreign workers have left the occupying state since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, including 9,855 Thai workers in the agricultural sector, along with 4,331 workers in the construction sector and 2,997 in the nursing sector.

The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz attacked the head of the occupation government, Benjamin Netanyahu, and considered that he represents the main problem currently in everything that is happening.

The newspaper said in its editorial that Israel can cover its ears and close its eyes. Indeed, the Israeli media hardly broadcasts images of destruction and devastation in Gaza, but Biden described things as they are.

She pointed out that Biden, in describing the situation in Israel, did a favor to Netanyahu, when he pointed out the necessity of change, and that his government is the most extremist in the history of Israel, but the truth is much worse than that, as Netanyahu’s government is not conservative, but rather a right-wing, radical, messianic, upheaval.

The newspaper added: “Netanyahu is not working for the benefit of Israel, but for his political survival.” It continued to address Biden: “The problem is not with Ben Gvir and others like him, but rather with Netanyahu himself.”

The Guardian's diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour, said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu challenged President Joe Biden and told Israeli domestic public opinion that he would not concede, in a way that put the American president in a dilemma as he tried to limit Israel's actions.

Wintour pointed out that Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s statements on Thursday that Israel would not complete its military operations until after several months were a blow to America’s efforts to influence the Israeli government, along with the security intelligence assessment that half of the bombs that Israel fired into Gaza were “dumb bombs.” Gallant spoke of his expectations for a long operation in front of the camera and in front of Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser who visited Israel, where his face was stiff.

Sullivan came to Tel Aviv with a message about the necessity of changing the military operation, and ending it, if possible, within weeks. Galant's statements were confirmed by Prime Minister Netanyahu, who said that Israel would not stop until victory was achieved.

Wintour said that the leak about the use of ammunition contradicted the US State Department's statement that it was not concerned, in addition to its assessments that the Israeli bombing cannot be classified as a violation of international law.

The two topics, ammunition and changing the course of the campaign, revealed in a clear way the nature of American influence regarding the Israeli political and military response to the Hamas attacks on October 7.

  Until recently, the White House's preferred narrative was that this war was justified, self-defense, and with an achievable goal. It was necessary for the United States to strongly embrace the shocked Israel, guide decision-making, and prevent the war from expanding into a regional conflict.

In its repeated press conferences and briefings, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was keen to provide examples confirming that Israel was listening to American advice, whether opening crossings for humanitarian aid and establishing safe zones or modifying the aerial bombing campaign and post-war planning.

However, the narrative began to unravel and on the brink of disagreements that emerged between the United States and Israel, not between methods but rather goals.

On Monday, after two days of international criticism over Washington's use of its veto in the UN Security Council to prevent a resolution calling for a ceasefire, the State Department spokesman took blows in defense of Israel, and said in one of the briefings that the United States was "interacting" with Israel over the killing of a Reuters journalist, Issam Abdullah, the infuriating pictures of Palestinian detainees who were stripped of their clothes, and the “disturbing reports” about the use of white phosphorus, which were revealed and detailed by the Washington Post.

Late that day, Joe Biden described his commitment to Israel as unwavering, but added, “They have to be careful. World opinion may have shifted overnight and we cannot allow this.” On Tuesday, in what was interpreted as his clearest comments about Israel’s conduct in the war, Biden said Israel risked losing international support over its “indiscriminate” bombing of Gaza. He criticized Netanyahu's extremist government, which he said did not "want anything even remotely close to a two-state solution." It is not a discovery that Netanyahu and his government oppose the two-state solution, but this is ignored.

With Biden, it is not possible to know whether what he is saying is a deliberate communication strategy or what Middle East Institute researcher Brian Katulis calls “modified diplomacy,” or something that pushes politics a little. Whatever the case, it is not a great policy for the president, as in one of his electoral districts there is criticism that he “allows Israel to kill 18,000 Palestinians” and there is an impression that Israel takes his weapons but does not listen to his advice. The newspaper says that Biden has become part of Netanyahu's survival plan, as the latter is running an election campaign, expected next year, and not a war. The argument is that he wants to use unwanted American interference in Israel's security as a tool in his campaign.

In a short video in Hebrew, Netanyahu claimed that he is the only one capable of thwarting the desire of the United States and the Arab countries to revive the two-state solution. “I will not allow this, and the matter is in Israel’s hands, and it must not repeat the mistakes of Oslo,” and “I will not allow it, and after all the great sacrifices made by our citizens and fighters, we will not put [In authority] in Gaza, there are people teaching terrorism, supporting it, and financing it. “Gaza will neither be Hamastan nor Fatahstan.”

Hence, the Prime Minister tried to prevent the Western solution to hand over control of Gaza to the renewed National Authority as well as the West Bank. The remaining solution is for Israel to administer the Palestinian territories, something the United States has said will not happen. Biden's dilemma is how to deal with Netanyahu and his government after the differences become public. It is better to invest in another Israeli leader and try to reach some kind of understanding with the Arab leaders in a way that pressures Netanyahu to accept, which is normal for the differences of allies during the war, but a complete disagreement over the long goal of the war must be avoided.

Danger in the West Bank

In its editorial, the newspaper focused on warning of the dangers of what is happening in the West Bank and that the suffering of the Palestinians extends far beyond Gaza. It said, “The scale of the war and its massive atrocities in Gaza have captured the world’s attention, but the increasing violence in the occupied West Bank should also cause concern. Last year was the bloodiest since 2005, and this year is worse.”

It referred to what Volker Turk, the United Nations human rights official, said about the situation as “potential for explosion,” warning of the intensity of violence and serious discrimination against Palestinians. According to United Nations data, more than 450 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces and settlers this year. 28 Israelis were killed in the West Bank in 2023. Raids on the Jenin camp continued until Thursday, and there is a fear that health care will not be available to the camp’s residents, according to charitable organizations. Continuous raids led to the death of civilians, including journalist Sherine Abu Aqla.

At the beginning of the year, Human Rights Watch warned of “organized impunity” for the killing of Palestinian children. The new wave of armed resistance has emerged in recent years amid the failure of the Palestinian leadership, anger over security force violations, settler violence, despair over the ongoing occupation, the decline in the perspective of a two-state solution, and settlement expansion. Thousands of Palestinians have been arrested during the past two months.

On Thursday, two members of the Freedom Theater in the West Bank were arrested without charges, and there are increasing reports of violations against detainees. At the same time, settler violence has forced many communities to leave their homes, and Palestinians face hunger, increasing danger, and humiliation. Thousands of them lost their jobs or had their salaries frozen after Israel decided to withdraw their work permits. The National Authority does not receive the import tax money on which it depends. Farmers were prevented from picking olives that were left to rot on the trees.

The newspaper commented on the British government’s announcement of preventing extremist settlers from entering Britain, but the real problem is not extremism, but rather that the Israeli government helps and encourages extremism. Benjamin Netanyahu gave broad authority to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who wants to double the number of settlers and claims that “there is no such thing” as the Palestinian people. Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister of Security and the person convicted of incitement to racism, provided weapons to the settlers or “security teams.” The Biden administration was said to have delayed a deal of 20,000 rifles because of this.

The newspaper said that what is happening in the West Bank is important for the future of all Palestinians, and the National Authority no longer has confidence, and it will certainly not survive the economic collapse. This week, the Israeli Ambassador to Britain, Tesvi Hotovely, responded to a question about the two-state solution, saying: “Absolutely not” to the two-state solution, and her position is not strange because her Prime Minister is committed to killing the perspective of a Palestinian state and told a number of representatives this summer of the necessity of “removing” the Palestinian state, but the way the ambassador responded and her disdain for the question is shocking.

The newspaper wonders about Netanyahu's vision for the Palestinians. He denied the allegations that he wants to expel the Palestinians from Gaza, and the option is a permanent status for them as second-class citizens in one state. Human rights organizations such as the Israeli B'Tselem, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights said that the Palestinians are subjected to an apartheid regime. 

It said that talk about a two-state solution remained a matter of ambition to cover up the inaction of the international community and is no longer present. Today, it appears to be a theory, and in light of the current situation, it must become the center of diplomatic action.

Source: Sama News

“Like the Americans, the army and the Ministry of Defense also believe that it is important to think from now about the next day. Paradoxically, and contrary to the declared goals of the war, maintaining a certain civilian capacity for Hamas will facilitate the performance of the sector in the future.”

The Israeli security leadership agrees with the view of US President Joe Biden about the necessity of developing visions for solutions in the Gaza Strip after the end of the current war, a period that has become known as “the day after.” On the other hand, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still refuses to hold any deliberations about “the next day.” Netanyahu's position will lead to the fact that even if the Americans achieve strategic transformations that are in Israel's favor, Netanyahu will fail, according to military analysts in newspapers published today, Friday.

Tal Lev Ram, a military analyst in the Maariv newspaper, pointed out that “the gaps in the perceptions of the Israeli security leadership - from the army to the Minister of Defense, Yoav Galant - are much narrower than the gaps that Netanyahu seems to be seeking to market abroad, and these appear to be internal political considerations vis-à-vis his voters. Netanyahu had to realize that he was in a war on multiple fronts, and Israel had to align itself with the United States and not the other way around."

During a press conference in Tel Aviv today, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan explained the shape of the American plan to continue the war on Gaza. He said that the war will move from the stage of intense Israeli bombing and extensive ground maneuvers, to a less intense stage, and will focus on targeting the leadership of Hamas, and that in this context the United States agrees that the war will continue for many months. He added, "Control in the Gaza Strip must be transferred to the Palestinians." This is conditional on a political process the “next day,” which Netanyahu opposes.

Lev Ram considered that "the prime minister's attempt to follow a strict line against the American administration would harm Israeli interests in managing the war." But he pointed out that until now, and as was the case in the past, the relations between the Israeli and American security services “are what allow obstacles to be overcome when they arise in the (political) field.”

He pointed out that American support for Israel in the international arena, by supplying unprecedented quantities of weapons, “is of decisive importance to Israel’s ability to manage a war for two and a half months. A crisis in relations with the Americans is the last thing that Israel needs now, and Netanyahu’s words and performance, which did not prevent the Americans are indifferent, the overwhelming majority of war cabinet ministers oppose it.”

According to Lev Ram, “Just like the Americans, the army and the Ministry of Security also believe that it is important to think from now on the next day. This does not mean that they agree on everything, but they are looking for solutions.”

He added that the solutions that the Israeli security apparatus is talking about are for the Gaza Strip to be demilitarized, preventing the increasing strength of the resistance factions "and preserving freedom of military action." In addition, “there is a realization that an authoritarian alternative to Hamas rule must be built in the Gaza Strip, and that it should at least be able to manage the needs of the population there. They wanted the security apparatus to conduct this effort vis-à-vis Egypt, but they realize that various operations will be needed against the remnants of the corps.” A careerist who is not affiliated with Hamas and whom Israel has worked with in the past.”

Lev Ram continued that the Israeli security apparatus attaches importance to American attempts to reach a specific settlement in Lebanon. “If this fails, the path to another escalation (i.e. war) will be very short. The Israeli leadership prefers the American effort to remove Hezbollah from the border as part of an attempt to settle other issues (the land border demarcation agreement and withdrawal from the Shebaa Farms), over a war against Hezbollah.” .

The military analyst in the newspaper "Haaretz", Amos Harel, pointed out that "the 'Next Day' crew formed by Netanyahu does not aim to develop solutions, but rather to procrastinate. In practice, even if the military operation passes successfully, Netanyahu's political performance may fail to benefit." “One of its achievements is to create a better strategic reality.”

According to Harel, Israel and Egypt “deliberately discussed the next day’s settlements in the Gaza Strip. Among the matters discussed were new settlements in the Philadelphia axis and the Rafah crossing, and a study was made to build the Radgha Wall against the tunnels, deep in the ground, like the one that was built on the border between Israel and Israel.” And Egypt. This concept collapsed on October 7 when Hamas carried out its attack above ground and ignored the underground wall.”

He added that the Israeli side held deliberations with Egypt about the situation inside the Gaza Strip, "during which interim solutions were searched for that would not clash with the strict conditions set by Netanyahu, that is, without the Palestinian Authority."

He continued, "There are currently preliminary field coordination processes, in order to solve local problems, in exchange for businessmen, local families, international organizations, and sometimes with individuals from civil organizations, indirectly linked to the Palestinian Authority."

According to Harel, “the security forces fear entering into two traps in the long term: the collapse of civilian systems that would lead to the restructuring of Israeli military rule, or massive chaos similar to Somalia, in which there will be no basis for coordination in the Strip.”

Harel pointed out that, "Paradoxically, and contrary to the declared goals of the war, maintaining a certain civilian capacity for Hamas will facilitate the performance of the Gaza Strip in the future."

Source: Arab48

The Ministry of Health said that the number of dead has risen to 18,987, and more than 55,000 wounded, since the start of the Israeli aggression against our people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

The Health Ministry said in its report, today, Friday, that 18,700 Palestinian killed in the Gaza Strip, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics, and more than 51,000 were wounded, while the number of killed in the West Bank reached 286, and 3,431 others were wounded.

It added that the vast majority of the dead, i.e. 70%, were women and children, while thousands are still missing.

It indicated that about 300 health sector workers were killed, in addition to 32 civil defense crews, 86 journalists, and 135 UNRWA crews.

It explained that Israeli tanks raided, for the third day in a row, Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, north of Gaza City, and also forced all 2,500 internally displaced persons who took refuge in hospitals to leave, and forced the remaining wounded and medical staff to go out to the lands. Hospitals.

It stated that the Israeli occupation army prevented medical teams from providing support to 12 children in intensive care, and ten wounded in the emergency department, which led to the death of two of them.

The Health Ministry said that more than 70 medical workers, including the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, are still detained in an unknown location.

The Ministry announced that vaccinations had run out in Gaza, which led to catastrophic health repercussions for children and the spread of diseases, especially among the displaced in overcrowded shelter centers. 360,000 cases of infectious diseases were documented, although the actual number is believed to be higher.

It was reported that Al Awda Hospital in Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip, is still besieged by the occupation forces, and reportedly, 250 doctors, patients, and individuals are trapped inside the hospital.

It said that only 11 hospitals out of 36 in the Gaza Strip are partially operating and are able to accept new patients, despite limited services, while there is only one of these hospitals in the north, according to the World Health Organization.

It added: The two main hospitals in southern Gaza are operating at three times their clinical capacity, while facing a severe shortage of basic supplies and fuel. Occupancy rates now reach 206% in inpatient departments and 250% in intensive care units, in addition to these hospitals providing shelter for thousands of internally displaced people.

The Ministry of Health indicated that the number of internally displaced people in the Gaza Strip is estimated at approximately 1.9 million people, or about 90% of the population. About 1.2 million of these displaced persons have been registered in 154 UNRWA facilities throughout the Strip, including one million people registered in 94 centers. UNRWA shelter in the south.

It indicated that more than 60% (approximately 280 thousand housing units) were destroyed in the Gaza Strip, completely or partially, noting that the final number of destroyed units and buildings is not available due to the continued Israeli bombing.

In the West Bank, attacks by the Israeli occupation army and colonizers continued, attacks on hospitals, and obstruction of the work of ambulances.

The Ministry of Health confirmed that it had documented 331 attacks by the colonialists on our people since the beginning of the aggression, which led to the injury of 84 citizens and damage to citizens’ property. The Israeli occupation forces also injured 3,431 citizens, including no less than 535 children.

A photojournalist was injured in the head, and 7 people were arrested today, Friday, after the Israeli occupation forces beat worshipers in the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem, who were prevented from entering to perform prayers in the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces severely beat photojournalist Mustafa Al-Kharouf in Wadi Al-Joz, causing him to suffer head injuries. They also arrested 7 people whose identities are not yet known.

The occupation forces obstructed the work of the press crews, and prevented them from arriving to check on their colleague Al-Kharouf after he was transferred into an ambulance to receive treatment, before he was transferred to the hospital.

The attack occurred during a group of Palestinians gathering to perform prayers in the Wadi al-Joz area near Al-Aqsa Mosque due to Israeli restrictions on prayer in Al-Aqsa Mosque for 10 weeks.

The Israeli forces first pulled weapons on the photojournalist, Mustafa Al-Kharouf, then threw him to the ground and kicked him.

The photographer suffered bruises and wounds to his face and body as a result of the strong blows he was subjected to, which required him to be transported by ambulance to Al-Maqasid Hospital.

The Israeli police also attacked photographer Fayez Abu Rumaila, who was standing next to photographer Al-Kharouf.

In this context, the Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem said that only 7,000 worshipers performed prayers in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, due to the Israeli occupation preventing hundreds of people from entering.

Residents of the Old City of Jerusalem were only allowed to pray in the mosque, and the occupation forces attacked a number of elderly people who tried to enter Al-Aqsa near Lions Gate, forcing many of them to perform it in the neighboring Wadi al-Joz and Ras al-Amud neighborhoods.

Today, Friday, Israeli occupation artillery bombed several towns in southern Lebanon.

The occupation artillery targeted, with intense bombardment, the towns of Labouneh, Markba, Kunine, Mays al-Jabal, Tayr Harf, Zibqin, Naqoura, Aita al-Shaab, al-Jabain, Hula, Kafr Kila, al-Khiyam and Shihin.

Journalists Wael Al-Dahdouh, Al Jazeera's correspondent, and Samer Abu Daqqa, the channel's cameraman, were injured while covering an Israeli bombing that targeted a school in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, while appeals were made to evacuate the trapped and injured people from the place.

Al Jazeera correspondent Heba Akila said that two colleagues, Wael and Samer, were injured while working in the vicinity of a school targeted by the occupation forces on Friday morning.

She added that the two colleagues were injured by fragments of a missile fired by an Israeli reconnaissance plane.

She explained that colleague Wael was injured in the arm and was transferred to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis to receive treatment, while colleague Samer Abu Daqqa is still trapped inside Farhana School, as ambulance teams were unable to evacuate the wounded from the school.

Targeting journalists

About 90 journalists have been killed since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, amid journalistic and human rights associations denouncing what they describe as the direct targeting of journalists and photographers for the purpose of obscuring the facts.

Source: Al Jazeera Channel

President Mahmoud Abbas received, at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, today, Friday, US National Security Advisor Jack Sullivan.

During the meeting, the President stressed the need to stop the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people through an immediate ceasefire and the genocidal war, especially in the Gaza Strip, in order to spare civilians from the scourge of bombing, killing and destruction carried out by the Israeli killing machine.

The President reiterated the need to open all crossings, double the entry of relief, medical and food supplies, provide water, electricity and fuel as quickly as possible, and provide the necessary aid so that hospitals and basic facilities can resume their work in treating thousands of wounded and providing their services to our people.

The President stressed the need for the American administration to intervene as well, to compel Israel to stop its aggression against our people in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, represented by the invasions of Palestinian cities and camps, the killing of civilians, the destruction of infrastructure, and to stop attacks on Islamic and Christian sanctities, and crimes of ethnic cleansing and other crimes. .

Mr. President touched on the abusive and repressive measures taken by the occupation authorities against our detainees, demanding that the occupation government be obligated to immediately stop these measures and violations against the detainees and our people.

The President reiterated his rejection of the forced displacement of the Palestinian people and its prevention, whether in the Gaza Strip or in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, noting that the West Bank is witnessing forced displacement and silent annexation of Palestinian land by terrorist colonizers and the occupation army, stressing the need for there to be intervention. The American administration is taking this seriously to prevent such policies that violate the resolutions of international legitimacy and international law.

The President stressed that the Gaza Strip is an integral part of the Palestinian state, and it is not possible to accept or deal with the plans of the occupation authorities to separate it or any part of it, stressing the need to release Palestinian clearance funds, and that our people in the Gaza Strip will have priority, and will not be abandoned. They are the responsibility of the State of Palestine, and we did not leave the Gaza Strip to return to it.

The President stressed our comprehensive political vision and the necessity of the State of Palestine obtaining full membership in the United Nations, and convening an international peace conference, stressing that peace and security cannot be achieved except through the implementation of the two-state solution, based on international legitimacy resolutions, which includes the entire territory of the State of Palestine in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, and recognition of the State of Palestine, and that security and military solutions have proven their failure and will not achieve security and stability for the region.

The US State Department reiterated its emphasis on the "two states for two peoples solution" as the only solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

The official spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Matthew Miller, said in response to a question regarding the statements of the Israeli ambassador in London to “Sky News” that there will not be a Palestinian state in any form and that Israel will never allow the establishment of another state between the Jordan River and the sea.” In what appears to be a public challenge to the policies of American presidents (40 years ago), Miller said, “We have seen a number of different statements from different officials within the Israeli government regarding the two states. We will continue to clarify what our policy is and what we believe is the appropriate policy moving forward. “I say this as an appropriate policy not only in the interest of the Palestinian people, but in the interest of the Israeli people, and in the interest of Israel’s long-term stability and security.”

Miller said, "The October 7 attacks should be a wake-up call to everyone that the status quo that has existed for several years is not in Israel's interest, and that there must be a solution moving forward that meets the legitimate aspirations of Israel and the Palestinian people while providing security for the Israeli people." "We believe that the best way to achieve that is to establish an independent Palestinian state. We have made that very clear. We are making that clear privately, we are making that clear publicly, and this is something that we will continue to work with the Israeli government on."

Regarding Washington’s continued full support for Israel, militarily, politically, and financially, despite its challenge to the United States, and whether that represents a major contradiction between words and deeds, Miller said, “So, I do not think you can draw this conclusion at this stage. We support Israel in its campaign to ensure that the October 7 attacks are not repeated. But that does not mean that we do not have disagreements with them along the way. We are a sovereign state, and Israel is a sovereign state. We do not agree on everything.”

Miller added, "One of the things you heard President (US Joe Biden) say is that we have a long-standing relationship with Israel in that we are close friends. And as close friends, we can have very frank, frank and sometimes very difficult conversations. And we will continue to do so on this topic, and I Sure on many other topics.”

During the past few days, US President Joe Biden directed a torrent of criticism at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which was met with responses from Netanyahu and his allies in the right-wing movement in Israel, stressing that they would not back down from their goals of eliminating Hamas, and that they refused to re-present the “two-state solution” scenario. Or what Netanyahu described as the “Oslo mistake.”

From day one, Washington has supported the devastating bombing campaign launched by Israel on the Gaza Strip since October 7, followed by a ground attack, in response to an unprecedented attack by Hamas on Israel, which resulted in the killing of 1,200 Israelis, of whom Israel says 311 soldiers, and the rest are civilians.

The Israeli attacks on Gaza resulted in the deaths of approximately 18,800 people, 70 percent of whom were women and children, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The high number of civilian deaths has prompted Washington to change its tone slightly in recent days, with many officials stressing the need to reduce the burden of the war on Palestinian civilians.

Statements from American and Israeli officials appear from afar as if they were disagreements over the vision of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, while experts believe that any disagreements or positions do not mean Washington abandoning Israel or stopping support for it in any way.

US President Biden said on Thursday that he wants Israel to focus on saving civilian lives, when asked whether he wants Israel to reduce the scope of its attack on Gaza by the end of this year.

Biden said in response to a question from a journalist: “I want them to focus on how to save civilian lives, not to stop pursuing Hamas, but to be more careful.”

In his recent statements, the US President reiterated his criticism of the collateral damage resulting from the Israeli military attack on Gaza, which resulted in the death of more than 18,000 Gazans, caused the displacement of the population, and an unprecedented deterioration on the humanitarian front.

The British newspaper The Economist published a report, in which it said that despite the intensification of fighting between the Israeli army and the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, it is certain that the current attack is the last large-scale Israeli operation in this war, although Tel Aviv has not You get the "image of victory" that the Israelis seek, pointing out that US pressure on Israel has been secretly escalating recently.

The newspaper’s report explained that the occupation army sent an entire division to and around the city of Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip, while 3 other divisions from the Armored Corps are still continuing their operations in the northern Gaza Strip.

The next phase of the war

The newspaper quoted a security official as saying that the Israeli army has been at the height of its deployment for more than two months, and that "the next stage will be a less intense mobile campaign."

The Economist also asked in its report what it described as the most important question about whether this shift - to a reduced campaign - would frustrate the main goal of the war, which is to destroy the military capabilities of the Hamas movement.

According to the report, Israel has little choice but to reduce its operations, in light of the United States’ insistence - its main ally and arms supplier - on reducing the level of firepower to avoid continuing this killing of civilians, as well as in light of the increasing pressure on the Israeli economy resulting from the mobilization of 360,000 reserve soldiers.

According to the newspaper, with the end of the most violent phases of the military operation approaching, Israel is trying to give its citizens the impression that the Hamas resistance is collapsing and that the army now controls a large area of the Gaza Strip. However, despite everything it did for that, it did not obtain the “image of victory” that the Israelis seek. .

The Economist also reported that the Israeli army may have eliminated half of Hamas's force, which the newspaper estimated at about 30,000 fighters, but it confirmed that the movement still has thousands of fighters, who continue to emerge from tunnels and ambush Israeli soldiers, in addition to dozens of Israeli prisoners. They are still in the grip of the movement and under the threat of the continuing Israeli bombing of Gaza.

The newspaper's report highlighted that Tel Aviv was unable to eliminate Hamas' leadership or destroy its infrastructure. Although it killed a number of field commanders, it did not succeed in eliminating the movement's leader in Gaza, Yahya al-Sinwar, or the commander of the Qassam Brigades, the movement's military wing, Muhammad al-Deif, or His deputy, Marwan Issa.

Washington pressure

In addition, the newspaper indicated that there is no public indication that it is putting pressure on Israel, especially after the veto that it used in the Security Council on the eighth of this month to block a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, and it also provides it with more weapons, a shipment of about 14,000 tank shells was approved in recent days.

But pressure is increasing in secret, according to the newspaper, as it quoted several sources as confirming that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told officials during his recent visit to Israel that they must end the military operation by next year.

Differences between the American and Israeli governments also began to emerge regarding arrangements for governing the Gaza Strip after the fighting subsided.

This comes while the two sides are already discussing, behind the scenes, plans in which the Palestinian Authority would play a role in managing the Strip, but in all the scenarios presented, the Israeli army may maintain a large presence there for a period of time, and it is possible that Hamas will also maintain control over parts of the Strip, according to the newspaper. 

Source: Arabic Post

The UK and partners call on Israel to take immediate and concrete steps to tackle record high settler violence in the occupied West Bank.

Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, Ireland, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom call on Israel to take immediate and concrete steps to tackle record high settler violence in the occupied West Bank.

Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the European Union, Finland, France, Ireland, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom express their grave concern about the record number of attacks by extremist settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank. 

Since the start of October, settlers have committed more than 343 violent attacks, killing 8 Palestinian civilians, injuring more than 83, and forcing 1026 Palestinians from their homes.

We strongly condemn the violent acts committed by extremist settlers, which are terrorizing Palestinian communities. We reiterate our position that Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are illegal under international law and remind Israel of its obligations under international law, in particular Article 49 of Geneva Convention IV.

This rise in extremist settler violence committed against Palestinians is unacceptable. Israel, as the occupying power, must protect the Palestinian civilian population in the West Bank. Those responsible for the violence must be brought to justice. Israel’s failure to protect Palestinians and prosecute extremist settlers has led to an environment of near complete impunity in which settler violence has reached unprecedented levels. This undermines security in the West Bank and the region and threatens prospects for a lasting peace.

While we welcomed the Government of Israel’s statement on this issue on 9 November where it conveyed that action would be taken against violent perpetrators, proactive steps must now be taken to ensure the effective and immediate protection of Palestinian communities. Words are important, but must now be translated into action.

By Andrew Mitrovica

The Biden administration and its smug surrogates remain determined to disfigure reality to obscure their complicity in Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.

More than two years after his death, the odious spirit of Donald Rumsfeld has been resurrected. It is not surprising. Every US administration has its share of banal bureaucrats who, in exchange for an important job with an impressive title, are willing to forfeit their integrity and jettison the truth in the “service” of country.

And so, since early October, the world has seen and heard a lot from Rumsfeld’s hideous heir, National Security Council spokesperson, John Kirby.

Like Rumsfeld, the former career naval officer speaks in a high-pitched monotone befitting his dour, monochromatic character.

Like Rumsfeld, Kirby is obliged to spout state-sanctioned bromides in defense of the wholesale destruction of innocent civilians – casualties all of America’s familiar kill-first, think-later foreign policy.

Like Rumsfeld, Kirby is the darling of Beltway pundits who, as a rule, defer to authority and genuflect before power.

On cue, the Washington Post described Kirby earlier this week as a “star” whose skill and experience have translated into “a commanding presence” during press briefings where he keeps the White House’s “messaging” on Gaza “clear”. Kirby, the Post wrote, is “direct, plain-spoken and unmistakably supportive of the administration’s pro-Israeli policies”. 

Oh, that he is. 

But just as the establishment media’s cleansing of Rumsfeld’s wretched record could not save the late defense secretary from history’s harsh and lasting judgement, Kirby will be remembered – if this pedestrian apparatchik is remembered at all – for his obscene apologia of the obscenities Palestinians have had to endure at the culpable hands of America’s proxy, Israel. 

I thought it impossible that Kirby could outdo his doddering boss, US President Joe Biden who, memorably, trafficked in fabrications about beheaded babies, and questioned the number of killed Palestinian children, women and men. Silly me. Looking ever so commanding in a crisp, black suit, with a white handkerchief jutting fashionably out of his breast pocket, Kirby insisted that Palestinians – among many myopic others – should, at the least, pause to acknowledge America’s generosity in the midst of a genocide. “Look, we certainly share the concerns that so many others have … about the humanitarian situation in Gaza,” Kirby said last week from a rostrum at the White House flanked by the Stars and Stripes. “Tell me, name me, one more nation, any other nation, that is doing as much as the United States to alleviate the pain and suffering of the people of Gaza. You can’t. You just can’t.” I should let that astonishing paragraph stand as Kirby’s sorry epitaph since it demonstrates how prepared the Biden administration and its smug surrogates are to disfigure reality to promote a revolting lie. But Kirby’s deplorable admonition requires a reply. Decency demands it.

Much of Gaza and 18,600 Palestinians – the bulk of them children and women – have been erased and buried in mass graves with the help of America’s lethal largesse. Thousands more have been maimed, traumatized or remain entombed beneath the pancake-like rubble – the shattered remnants of once-vibrant homes, businesses, schools, mosques and hospitals. Bit by inevitable bit, the occupied West Bank is also being invaded and erased. Hundreds of Palestinians have been arrested or worse, summarily executed, for being Palestinian or expressing solidarity with their besieged brothers and sisters in Gaza.

Millions of Palestinians have had to make forced marches in a futile quest for refuge from Israel’s incessant attacks. Denied food, water and fuel, countless Palestinians are starving. Disease and sickness are spreading in makeshift, mud-soaked refugee camps where flimsy tents dot the apocalyptic landscape. Young and old Palestinian men have been rounded up like cattle, blindfolded, stripped near-naked and ordered to kneel in streets or barren fields. The sinister aim: to humiliate and degrade. 

All of it – every cruel, inhumane and ruthless ounce of it – is being perpetrated with the explicit approval and consent of Biden and complicit company. Kirby’s revisionism cannot obscure the plain facts that the rest of us can see. Nor can it mask Biden’s cynical strategy to circumvent a largely prostrate Congress in order to continue to feed Israel with weapons and ammunition to kill and maim Palestinians wherever it wants to, for as long as it wants to, by whatever means it wants to. The nauseating corollary of Kirby’s rebuke is that Palestinians have been, in effect, ungrateful in the face of America’s phantom efforts to “alleviate the pain and suffering of the people of Gaza”. Rather than condemning America’s collusion with a genocidal campaign, Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and beyond should instead be thankful for America’s benevolence. America is a friend, not a foe. This is, of course, the definition of double-speak that performative hacks like Kirby are trained and expected to peddle. War is peace. Harm is healing. Bombs are bouquets. Still, Kirby, the human weathervane, will do as he is told. I suspect that, soon enough, he will be instructed to change tack and parrot the new lines offered up by a rattled president.

Speaking recently at a political fundraiser, Biden complained that Israel’s retributive pursuit of Hamas may have gone too far by killing too many Palestinians, too quickly and, as a result, was draining “support” among the international community. “They’re [Israel] starting to lose that support by the indiscriminate bombing that takes place,” Biden said. 

Then, remarkably, Biden suggested that a mild form of regime change ought to be in the offing in Israel. “This is the most conservative government in Israel’s history,” the president said. “He [Netanyahu] has to change this government. This government in Israel is making it very difficult.” Biden’s calculated volte-face is motivated by parochial, not principled, considerations and interests. Having incensed and alienated crucial domestic constituencies that he needs to remain commander-in-chief next November, Biden is now trying to distance himself from a reactionary Israeli cabinet that he has enabled rhetorically, diplomatically and militarily. Kirby will spin like a Ferris wheel to square that hypocritical circle. He will fail. The grotesque damage that the US has done to Palestinians yesterday, today and tomorrow cannot be undone by malleable “messaging”. That malicious legacy will be forever fixed in our memory.

By Michela Haddad

With the entry of the first Russian tank into Ukraine, the world entered the whirlwind of transformation from a unipolar system to a multipolar system.

So the difficult question was: When will the moment come when we officially see the decline of American influence and the beginning of the new regime?

The answer came from Gaza.

The issue goes beyond the borders of Gaza, and is more dangerous than political Islam regaining its momentum in the region, because chaos in all cases will be the title of the next stage if a settlement to the conflict is not cooked soon.

It is in the interest of the Russian and Chinese presidents to support the Palestinians in this brutal war, and to take an advanced step in the interest of the Palestinians. Why?

Ukraine's loss of the war has become almost a foregone conclusion, and America will not tolerate another defeat for its ally, Israel.

The loss of Ukraine means a severe blow to Washington and behind it, 50 countries from the Western bloc, who spent hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer money, in a war that was known from its beginning to be lost because it is existential for the Russian bear.

As for defeating Israel strategically, regardless of the definition of defeat here, it would mean a severe blow to Biden, after he took Netanyahu into his arms and lavished him generously with money, weapons, military experts, and others.

What does it mean when the most powerful country in the world is unable to protect its allies?

What does it mean to repeat the rosary of losses after the resounding American exit from Afghanistan?

What does it mean for the leader of the free world to be unable to protect his interests and positions of influence as is the case today?

Congress, under pressure from militia attacks, discusses the exit of American forces from Syria.. American bases are exposed to dozens of attacks on a daily basis.. Al-Houthi is loose and having fun in the Red Sea, and Iran is closely watching Washington’s confusion between this front and that and its hesitation in responding militarily.

Iran is not the only one watching, as Long breathing China may soon unleash its dragon in Taiwan as well.

If America fails in Ukraine and fails to support Israel, what guarantees that it may succeed in supporting Taiwan?

It is the ideal time for China to move militarily towards the rebellious island, especially since the US Congress does not find the money to allocate to finance two simultaneous wars, the first in Ukraine and the second in Israel, so how can it find money to finance Taiwan?

But China will not do it because it seeks to subjugate Taiwan without firing a single shot, and avoid falling into the trap of a war that will open the fire of Western sanctions.

Except that Israel remaining in a state of security confusion will not allow the Americans to pass the Indian trade line parallel to the new Chinese Silk Road.

In the face of these transformations, it has become certain that Gaza has turned back the clock to the era of World War II, in the wake of which the UN Security Council was formed, as the last session showed that it is no longer acceptable for one country to control the destinies of peoples, especially when the majority of countries support stopping the Israeli killing machine. 

It is the hour of truth. It is time to declare a new world order and lay new foundations for the only international body that is supposed to guarantee international peace and security and human justice. The question remains: how and at what cost?

Source: Aqlam Horra