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Originally Posted by rafiki
Nobody talking about what Gallant just did? The Israeli government is literally on the brink of collapse from this epic move.
For those who don't follow too close, Gallant is one of the more popular guys in Israel today (maybe less so today than 6 months ago). He was the one that basically nuked the judicial reform. Bibi tried to fire him and then the country got so upset he couldn't. He's basically in a political job but with no political aspirations, just trying to save the country. So his motivations are about as pure as it gets, and in that sense he's a huge liability to Bibi. He's one of the most respected men in the country.
Anyway he just came out and said Bibi's course is doomed. Either Hamas wins or Israel has to occupy Gaza via a lengthy military operation (and Bibi wasn't exactly hiding that it was #2 he was gunning for).
So Gallant just warned the whole country, going around Bibi's back. They're in the same party for context.
So basically all eyes on Benny Gantz now. What is supposed to happen if the world makes any sense, is he steps up and slides right into this position Gallant has explained. The government falls apart. And elections occur before the matter of what to do with Gaza comes up.
I think almost all of us itt are aligned on it not being Bibi who oversees it. No military occupation (at least for any appreciable duration). This should be the start of a move to just right of centre kind of thing. More left than Bibi anyway. If Bibi somehow manages to hold on in all this, I fear for 260 more pages of chaos in here.
I think everyone agrees the correct outcome is Fatah takes over and other international actors (preferably Arab) get involved in the governance and security of Gaza.
The problem for Israel is not a single international actor, except maybe Iran, wants to get involved with governing Gaza.
Israel needs to convince Gazans 1. There is no future in war. 2. There is a future in peace.
1. May require repeated battles and wars with lots of propaganda to turn the Palestinians against the crazies.
2. Requires Israel to stop imitating Hamas. (Step 1: get Bibi and his cronies out. Step 2: start drafting the hard right Haredims that refuse to fight the wars they contribute greatly to perpetuating. )
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