Top Israeli officials said they intend to retain security control of Gaza for an indefinite period to prevent new militant groups forming once Israel finishes its war with Hamas, but said they have little interest in administering Gaza the way the U.S. sought to govern Iraq two decades ago.
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, in his first interview with a foreign media outlet since the start of the war on Oct. 7, said Israel has no desire to impose a civilian administration on Gaza. Once Hamas is toppled, Israel is looking at turning over responsibility for governing the territory to an international coalition, including the U.S., the European Union and Muslim majority countries, or to local political leaders in Gaza, he said.
“We don’t want to govern Gaza. We don’t want to run their lives. We just want to protect our people,” Cohen said.
That may include keeping soldiers in Gaza if Israel deems it necessary, along with tight controls on what goes in and out. “We will need to verify that weapons will not enter Gaza from any border,” including from Egypt, “and we’ll retain our right to work against any terrorists who want to build bases there,” he said.
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American President Joe Biden, who has otherwise offered steady support for Israel, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, perhaps the Jewish state’s most fair-weather friend, have both been calling for a “humanitarian pause” in hostilities with Hamas. It’s a deceitful bit of sophistry, but perhaps a useful one for providing progressive politicians with cover to satisfy the left wing of their parties without calling for a full “ceasefire,” even though it would amount to much the same thing.
Hamas terrorists have no intention of putting a “pause” on their rocket attacks, so Israel is being asked to unilaterally put a hold on its ground invasion and bombing campaign.
In the immediate aftermath of the brutal murder, dismemberment and rape of 1,400 Israelis, which included the killing of children and babies, and the kidnapping of hundreds more, on Oct. 7, calls for a ceasefire began when Israel had barely fired a single shot in retaliation, mostly from the left.
Demanding Israel agree to such terms, which would in effect mean denying its right to self-defence, wasn’t just holding the Jewish state to a double standard compared to its authoritarian neighbours, but to an unreasonable standard compared to every other country in the world. But, sure, antisemitism has nothing to do with it.
A “humanitarian pause” is little more than a change in language. A “pause” is the term Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and Trudeau started using after several members of the Liberal caucus complained about the government’s support for Israel’s right to defend itself.
That faction wants a ceasefire, just as the far-left faction of Biden’s Democratic party wants a ceasefire. Calling it a “pause” is a lie, driven by domestic political considerations and not by true concern for the very real suffering of the Palestinians.
Trudeau gave the game away while in Washington, D.C., on Friday, when he said “we need to see a cease—” before catching himself and saying, “We need to see a humanitarian pause.”
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Presumably, a pause would allow humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza. The United Nations is also warning that the enclave is running out of fuel, apparently oblivious to the fact that any fuel sent to the Strip would be diverted for terrorist aims.
The best possible outcome for civilians in both Israel and Gaza, however, would be the swift destruction of Hamas. Anything less would leave the terrorist group in place to plot its next murderous rampage against Israeli Jews — “October one million,” as one deluded Hamas leader put it.
In Gaza, Hamas would be free to continue putting rocket launchers next to schools, using hospitals and residential buildings as military planning bases and stealing aid to fund and support terrorist attacks. Its own citizens would continue to be deliberately sacrificed for the sole purpose of blaming Israel for their deaths in order to turn international opinion against the Jewish state.
A so-called humanitarian pause makes this outcome all the more likely. It would give Hamas time to regroup, refuel and refortify, not to mention providing easier access to weapons and other supplies from Iran, its backer. Pausing fighting could also be deadly for Israelis. Retired Canadian Gen. Rick Hillier told CBC Tuesday morning that a pause could result in the deaths of hundreds of soldiers.
The Jewish state is being expected to put the safety and lives of its own citizens at risk to satisfy progressive politicians in the West who have disgracefully romanticized Hamas as some sort of freedom fighting resistance group.
At best, a pause would strengthen the terrorists and delay the war, or ensure it will end in another stalemate. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Monday that he’d be open to “little pauses,” clearly in response to pressure from the Americans, but it is pressure that should not have been applied in the first place. The rest at the above link…
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, in his first interview with a foreign media outlet since the start of the war on Oct. 7, said Israel has no desire to impose a civilian administration on Gaza. Once Hamas is toppled, Israel is looking at turning over responsibility for governing the territory to an international coalition, including the U.S., the European Union and Muslim majority countries, or to local political leaders in Gaza, he said.
“We don’t want to govern Gaza. We don’t want to run their lives. We just want to protect our people,” Cohen said.
That may include keeping soldiers in Gaza if Israel deems it necessary, along with tight controls on what goes in and out. “We will need to verify that weapons will not enter Gaza from any border,” including from Egypt, “and we’ll retain our right to work against any terrorists who want to build bases there,” he said.
U.S. Pushes Back on Israel’s Security Plan in Gaza After War — The Wall Street Journal
Israeli officials aim to ward off rise of new militant groups, but say they have no plans to govern enclave
American President Joe Biden, who has otherwise offered steady support for Israel, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, perhaps the Jewish state’s most fair-weather friend, have both been calling for a “humanitarian pause” in hostilities with Hamas. It’s a deceitful bit of sophistry, but perhaps a useful one for providing progressive politicians with cover to satisfy the left wing of their parties without calling for a full “ceasefire,” even though it would amount to much the same thing.
Hamas terrorists have no intention of putting a “pause” on their rocket attacks, so Israel is being asked to unilaterally put a hold on its ground invasion and bombing campaign.
In the immediate aftermath of the brutal murder, dismemberment and rape of 1,400 Israelis, which included the killing of children and babies, and the kidnapping of hundreds more, on Oct. 7, calls for a ceasefire began when Israel had barely fired a single shot in retaliation, mostly from the left.
Demanding Israel agree to such terms, which would in effect mean denying its right to self-defence, wasn’t just holding the Jewish state to a double standard compared to its authoritarian neighbours, but to an unreasonable standard compared to every other country in the world. But, sure, antisemitism has nothing to do with it.
A “humanitarian pause” is little more than a change in language. A “pause” is the term Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and Trudeau started using after several members of the Liberal caucus complained about the government’s support for Israel’s right to defend itself.
That faction wants a ceasefire, just as the far-left faction of Biden’s Democratic party wants a ceasefire. Calling it a “pause” is a lie, driven by domestic political considerations and not by true concern for the very real suffering of the Palestinians.
Trudeau gave the game away while in Washington, D.C., on Friday, when he said “we need to see a cease—” before catching himself and saying, “We need to see a humanitarian pause.”
Carson Jerema: The immoral lie behind calls for a 'humanitarian pause' in Gaza — National Post
It would punish Israel and strengthen Hamas
Presumably, a pause would allow humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza. The United Nations is also warning that the enclave is running out of fuel, apparently oblivious to the fact that any fuel sent to the Strip would be diverted for terrorist aims.
The best possible outcome for civilians in both Israel and Gaza, however, would be the swift destruction of Hamas. Anything less would leave the terrorist group in place to plot its next murderous rampage against Israeli Jews — “October one million,” as one deluded Hamas leader put it.
In Gaza, Hamas would be free to continue putting rocket launchers next to schools, using hospitals and residential buildings as military planning bases and stealing aid to fund and support terrorist attacks. Its own citizens would continue to be deliberately sacrificed for the sole purpose of blaming Israel for their deaths in order to turn international opinion against the Jewish state.
A so-called humanitarian pause makes this outcome all the more likely. It would give Hamas time to regroup, refuel and refortify, not to mention providing easier access to weapons and other supplies from Iran, its backer. Pausing fighting could also be deadly for Israelis. Retired Canadian Gen. Rick Hillier told CBC Tuesday morning that a pause could result in the deaths of hundreds of soldiers.
The Jewish state is being expected to put the safety and lives of its own citizens at risk to satisfy progressive politicians in the West who have disgracefully romanticized Hamas as some sort of freedom fighting resistance group.
At best, a pause would strengthen the terrorists and delay the war, or ensure it will end in another stalemate. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Monday that he’d be open to “little pauses,” clearly in response to pressure from the Americans, but it is pressure that should not have been applied in the first place. The rest at the above link…
