The Israeli Prime Minister said Benjamin NetanyahuIsrael is prepared to fight its security forces For the Palestinian Authority in West Bankstressing that Gaza strip It will remain under Israeli security control after the war.
Netanyahu added – according to statements leaked by Israeli media about him to the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee in the Knesset – that Israel is ready for a scenario in which it turns the barrels of rifles and directs them towards the authority forces.
He stressed that the Gaza Strip would remain under Israeli security control after the war, and that he would establish a civil administration in the Strip that would not pose any threat to Israel.
He said that he is the only one capable of keeping the Strip under Israeli security authority, and will prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
He reiterated that he would not allow the Palestinian Authority to return to rule in the Gaza Strip under any circumstances.
Criticisms and accusations
Netanyahu’s statements sparked criticism from Israeli commentators and media, who accused him of “exploiting the war and its Israeli victims” to strengthen his political position and preserve his ruling right-wing coalition.
They said that Netanyahu’s speech is part of an electoral campaign he is leading to serve his interests to continue ruling after the end of the war, without caring about the interests of the Israeli public.
Observers in Israel linked Netanyahu’s statements in the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee yesterday with previous statements, in which he did not rule out the Israeli army entering into combat with the security services of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, but they considered all his statements since the beginning of the war on Gaza to be part of an electoral campaign that he continues to serve. His interests.
Sima Kadmon, chief commentator in Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, wrote that Netanyahu is immersed to the top of his head in an election campaign that allows him to continue at the top of his power.
Meanwhile, analyst Amit Slonim wrote on the Hebrew news site Walla that there is “no bottom to which Netanyahu cannot sink.”
