“Israel‘s failure to achieve its goals is due in part to its inability to estimate the size of Hamas‘ power and its fortified tunnels, the inability of technology to detect them, and its forced reliance on the human element to achieve this goal. The occupation barely managed to dismantle a third of these tunnels, which are more than 500 kilometres long.
The result of the war in Gaza is the erosion of Israel‘s power, the deterioration of its position in the world as a regional power, and the transformation of its image as a bloodthirsty terrorist entity, which is what its friends in the US are trying to prevent, unsuccessfully.”
Although Netanyahu continues to use the term “complete victory” and Zionists praise his successes in the Gaza Strip, reality reveals a different picture on the battlefield.
Israeli losses in all areas of its presence show that the regime is still far from imposing its control over the Gaza Strip.
Although the US offers full support for this war, its intelligence confirms that the Israeli occupation troops remain stagnant and are not achieving the goals they set themselves.
Losing balance
There is no doubt that Israel lost its notorious military imbalance in Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, as this regime was hit hard by a movement with limited resources and under siege in a closed geographical area.
The magnitude and quality of the losses suffered by the occupation had a shocking effect on all sectors of its entity, leading to an unbridled and overwhelming desire to avenge national dignity, which resulted in utterances of contempt and threats against all Palestinians, as well as crimes amounting to ethnic cleansing.
The genocide in Gaza led to Israel being condemned at the International Court of Justice, after Washington provided it with a security fence at the UN Security Council.
However, this does not diminish the role of extremists in Netanyahu‘s cabinet, who have called for excessive displacements and attacks on Palestinian civilians and institutions, such as hospitals and schools.
Israel is freed from any legal or moral obligation in a war in which it considers itself defending its existence and not as a normal defensive or offensive war, and it is helped by the unlimited support of the US. Washington has four times opposed any resolution calling for a complete cessation of the war, and has not exerted any real pressure on Israel to stop the horrific massacres of civilians, or the hunger war against the Palestinians.
Even in spite of all this, it can be said that the goals of eliminating Hamas and releasing the prisoners by force are unrealistic. This claim is not accepted by serious analysts, since it is impossible to eliminate a movement that has historical and real roots and spreads internally and internationally beyond Palestine.
Undoubtedly, Israel’s failure to achieve its goals is due in part to its inability to estimate the size of Hamas’ power and its fortified tunnels, the inability of technology to detect them, and its forced reliance on the human element to achieve this goal. As U. S. intelligence sources said, the occupation barely managed to dismantle a third of these tunnels, which are more than 500 kilometers long.
The course of the war indicates that the occupying army has so far been unable to achieve a victory that would enable it to enter into a political agreement that would achieve its objectives. But it is likely that with an effective opposition that manages to oust Netanyahu from power, and learns lessons to avoid a strategic defeat for the entity, a ceasefire agreement will be reached, which could lead to a permanent cessation of the war in the future.
After Hamas!
There is a major dilemma facing Israel, even after Netanyahu, which is the plan for the “day after“. The US (and some in Israel) seek to allow the Palestinian Authority to administer the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank.
This requires that Hamas be left in such a weakened state that it cannot prevent the expansion of the Palestinian National Authority‘s dominance in Gaza. That seems unrealistic, because Israel has not succeeded in wiping out Hamas or weakening it, while its militants continue to operate in the north and south of the Strip, with a full presence in Rafah.
It is known that the most important goal of the idea of Israel accepting the administration of a Palestinian state over Gaza is to facilitate the process of normalization with the Arab world, an achievement that would save Biden from a decline in popularity, and elevate his credibility compared to his opponent, Trump, in the US presidential election this year.
Zero-sum equation
Events on the battlefield, and the failure of the Tel Aviv regime to distort the image of Hamas and the Resistance in Gaza, confirm that the conflict is heading towards a zero-sum equation that precludes any possibility of reaching a political agreement or coexistence between the two sides.
Netanyahu does not want to accept any Palestinian entity, which makes US plans to resolve the conflict inapplicable, although they have no real political value.
Even with the removal of Netanyahu from power, the broad lines agreed by the Israeli parties often deprive the Palestinian people of their right to self-determination.
This confirms that the occupation has reached a dead end in its war against the Palestinians, not only in Gaza, but also in the occupied West Bank and the city of Al-Quds (Jerusalem), and is incapable of achieving a major victory to enter the post-war era.
The most significant result we can draw from the war in Gaza is the erosion of Israel‘s power, the deterioration of its position in the world as a regional power, and the transformation of its image in the minds of many people as a bloodthirsty terrorist entity, which is what their friends in the US are trying to prevent, unsuccessfully.
Xavier Villar. Israel is trapped. Haine. org, 1-04-2024