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  • 4 Jan 2024 16:57
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The report explains that "Israel" has been forced to face the reality that its "security doctrine" has been ineffective, as seen by the events of October 7.

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  • Economist: Benjamin Netanyahu needs to go 
    Benjamin Netanyahu during a weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister's office in Al-Quds on June 25, 2023 (AP)

According to a Thursday report by The Economist, Benjamin Netanyahu's weakness and desperation to stay in office have caused irrevocable mistakes in authority after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood which has led to greater turmoil in the region. 

The report mentions the 2 million Gazans facing famine, the Red Sea attacks on Israeli-bound vessels by Ansar Allah and the disruption to global trade, the escalation with Hezbollah at the northern border of occupied Palestine, and the recent assassination of a Hamas leader in Beirut.

The author argues that "Israel" has been forced to face the reality that its "security doctrine" which includes erecting walls, abandoning peace talks with Palestinians, and the iron dome has been ineffective, as seen by the events of October 7.

In addition, the increasingly advanced arsenal of missiles launched against "Israel" by the Lebanese resistance, Yemen, and elsewhere may yet overwhelm the occupation's air defenses.

The report agrees with the Israeli goal of removing Hamas from power in Gaza, "Israel" should also use force judiciously and let in a lot more aid. In addition, the Israeli occupation should have a solid post-war plan to create a "moderate Palestinian state" to maintain support for the occupation in the US and "deter Iran."

The Economist describes that Netanyahu "eschewed" this method in Gaza with a "needless disregard for civilian lives." The death toll in Gaza has risen to 22,313 martyrs and 57,296 injured over the past 90 days and all Netanyahu can think about is post-war strategies to ethnically cleanse Gaza from Palestinians. 

According to the report, the coalition led by Netanyahu is currently engaged in talks with Congo and several other countries for the potential resettlement of thousands of displaced Palestinians from Gaza.

The author describes that this "myopia" is caused not only by little sympathy for Palestinians in "Israel" but Netanyahu's weakness and desperation to stay in office.

"He has pandered to extremists in his coalition and the Israeli electorate while testing America’s patience and horrifying Arab states. "

In the north, a part of the Israeli occupation is now uninhabited, and the only way to create a "buffer zone" between Hezbollah and "Israel" is with diplomacy which requires the help of the US, other allies, and the Gulf states, "all of which Netanyahu is alienating," according to the report.

Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Wednesday that the Israeli settlers, due to all that is taking place on the ground, have come to "lack trust in the [Israeli] army, security apparatuses, and politicians," and even after the Israeli occupation spent three months in Gaza, "not one individual in the Zionist entity is claiming to see victory on the horizon."

"If Israel loses its security, it cannot stay, for its connection to the land is a hoax; it is false," Sayyed Nasrallah said. 

To make matters worse, a new poll released Tuesday has painted a clear picture of Netanyahu's ever-dwindling popularity among Israeli settlers. Only 15% of Israelis polled expressed they wanted the current Prime Minister to stay in power after the war on Gaza ends.

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