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Israeli journalist Ben Caspit says that Israel has, “after its war against the Islamic Resistance Movement”agitation), 3 main management options GazaAll of them face notable obstacles.
Ben Caspit pointed out – in a report on the American Al-Monitor news website – that Israel is far from knowing what to do about Gaza after eliminating, in theory, Hamas.
He said that a former security source told him – on condition of anonymity – that the three options before Israel: “The first is excellent, the second is bad, and the third is not bad, but it is unrealistic.”
The option of annexing Egypt
First choiceWhat has the greatest support among Israeli decision-makers is for Egypt to control the Gaza Strip in exchange for complete forgiveness of its huge foreign debts. The writer said that when the Israelis and Egyptians were negotiating… Camp David Treaty In the late 1970s, the Israelis pleaded with the then Egyptian president Anwar alsadat To reclaim Gaza, which had been administered by Egypt until 1967, Sadat refused. After more than four decades, the Egyptian president refused Abdel Fattah Sisi Also all requests, entreaties and inducements presented to him.
The writer quoted the former security source as saying that the Americans and Israelis, as well as some Gulf states, have not yet abandoned the Egyptian option, and efforts are still being made to convince the parties concerned.
The proposals in this option include rebuilding Gaza south of its current location instead of rebuilding in areas of devastation left by Israeli bombs, transferring some of its residents to Arab countries or other countries, and leaving the rest in rebuilt Gaza.
The writer explained that the Egyptians responded angrily to these ideas. The Israeli government appointed a president Mossad the previous Yossi Cohen By finding a way that would move the Egyptians in the desired direction. Cohen activated his many relationships, visited countries in the region and formulated proposals, but to no avail. The Egyptians remain firm in their position.
Ben Caspit quoted a senior Israeli political source as saying that the Egyptians believe that adding more than 2 million Palestinians to Egypt’s population will awaken Muslim Brotherhood It may cause a revolution in Egypt. “They would rather bankrupt Egypt than be exposed to that.”
From Ramallah to Gaza
And the second optionsays the writer, is a return Palestinian Authority To Gaza, which many Israeli decision-makers consider a bad idea, because it undermines the government’s ultimate goal of severing all ties between it and Gaza: “No Palestinian workers in Israel, no Israeli water supply to Gaza, no electricity, no fuel, no trade, “Nothing. After what they did to us. They can forget us.”
Ben Caspit explained that there are “many political interests at play here.” The Israeli political right strongly opposes the Palestinian Authority’s control of Gaza, fearing the unification of Palestinians in the Strip and in the Gaza Strip. West Bank Under joint leadership, because this would put an end to the Palestinian division, and could revive the possibility of holding political negotiations on a Palestinian state.
The Israeli writer commented that the political right has good reason to worry, after all The attack of last October 7 There is a rare popular consensus in Israel that the disengagement from Gaza initiated by the former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon The year 2005 must be completed, and the Palestinian Authority’s rule in Gaza will not end the relationship between Israel and the Gaza Strip, but may even strengthen it.
International coalition
Andthe third option According to Ben Caspit, it is handing over the keys to an international coalition consisting of Arab countries or NATO (NATO) or European Union Or the United Nations or all of them.
A senior Israeli political source told the writer that this option seems romantic, but it is difficult to achieve, as those who run Gaza must participate in its management and have a real interest, not just be guests.
Artificial island
One of the solutions that Ben Caspit described as creative, and which is being proposed within the third option, is the establishment of a huge artificial island off the coast of Gaza.
A former senior security official told the site that this would be cheaper and faster than rebuilding the Gaza Strip, as the technology, means and money are there, “and the people of Gaza will get new land with effective infrastructure. There will be no land borders between Israel and Gaza.”
The source warned that “any attempt to rebuild Gaza is doomed to failure, given…Tunnel network “The huge underground area where everything could collapse,” he said, adding that the idea of ”this island might be a good solution.”
