Published on Nov 19, 2023 at 4:40 p.m.
Large fissures appeared a few hours apart between Benjamin Netanyahu and Joe Biden on the future of the Gaza Strip. The American president did not provided political and military support by organizing an airlift of arms and ammunition, while promising an additional envelope of 14 billion dollars to Israel. But as for what of the post-war scenario and the regime that should succeed the Palestinian Islamists, the two “allies” cannot agree.
Israel’s clear veto
Benjamin Netanyahu once again vetoed it clearly and clearly to the takeover of power after the war in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian Authority chaired by Mahmoud Abbas, which controls 42% of the West Bank . “We are not waging a war to transfer power to the Palestinian Authority,” the Prime Minister insisted on Saturday evening during a press conference.
Very upset, he accused Mahmoud Abbas of not having condemned the macres committed by Hamas commandos on October 7 in the south of Israel which left 1,200 dead, while 240 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage.
“It is impossible to place Gaza under the responsibility of a government that supports terrorism, encourages terrorism, finances terrorism, and educates terrorism,” insisted the Prime Minister, referring to the allocations paid by the Palestinian Authority to the 6,000 prisoners detained by Israel as well as Palestinian school programs accused of spreading anti-Zionist propaganda of an anti-Semitic nature.
Stay on top of safety
The prime minister did not specify what future he envisioned for the Gaza Strip. He contented himself with erting on several occasions that Israel would indefinitely retain the upper hand on security issues, as is the case in the West Bank where the Israeli army launches raids wherever it wants, including in towns. supposed to be controlled by the security services of the Palestinian Authority.
The only concession: he has rejected, for the moment, the dream of his government’s far-right ministers to rebuild settlements like those dismantled during the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005.
Biden proposes a “revitalized” Palestinian Authority
The American president, for his part, mentioned in an article published by the “Washington Post”, a plan providing for a “transition period