Netanyahu says not seeking to ‘occupy’ Gaza but ‘demilitarise’ it
"Netanyahu stated today that they (Israel) are taking full control of Gaza for the foreseeable future. Not sure how that's going to fly with the rest of the world. He also threatened Hezbollah. I want to start swearing again! Just might go back to drinking too."
You know you should never do things which you feel you shouldn't do, because of emotional reactions to events you can't control. No matter how horrific the external events are. Though i have given up smoking i had one the other day, lol, but i know i can do that without going back to it. We've been there and had that discussion before. Swearing is totally something else, basically you know with no addictive biological dangers as alcoholism entails. Only real consideration there is the company. You know under control and selectively limited swearing they say is actually good for you.
Israeli leader says ‘civilian government’ should rule enclave after Hamas is defeated.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied that his country has any plans to reoccupy Gaza [File: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters]
Published On 10 Nov 202310 Nov 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country does not intend to “occupy” or govern Gaza after the end of its war with Hamas, but the enclave must be “demilitarised, deradicalised and rebuilt”.
In an interview with Fox News aired on Thursday, Netanyahu said that Israel would need to find a “civilian government” to govern the enclave, which has been run by Hamas since 2006, without specifying who would form such a body.
“We don’t seek to govern Gaza, we don’t seek to occupy it. But we seek to give it and us a better future … and that requires defeating Hamas,” he said. “I’ve set goals, I didn’t set a timetable because it can take more time.”
Gaza, however, is already viewed as an occupied territory because Israel has full control of its borders, airspace and territorial waters despite having formally withdrawn its forces and settlers from the enclave in 2005. In 2007, Israel began enforcing a suffocating blockade on the territory which it had captured along with other Palestinian territories – occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank – in the 1967 War.
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In his interview, Netanyahu said that a “credible force” would be needed to enter Gaza as necessary to “kill the killers” and “prevent the re-emergence of a Hamas-like entity”.
Netanyahu’s comments come days after he said Israel would take responsibility for Gaza’s security for an “indefinite period” after the end of its war with Hamas, prompting pushback from the United States.
On Tuesday, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said that President Joe Biden did not believe that reoccupying Gaza would be the “right thing to do”.
Israeli officials have said that Netanyahu’s comments about managing Gaza’s security did not suggest Israel would assume administrative control of the enclave, but conflicting statements by senior members of the government, including Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, have created confusion about its plans.
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US officials have previously suggested that the Palestinian Authority should govern Gaza after the war, which Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said would only be possible under a political solution that returns territory captured by Israel in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.
“A ceasefire with Hamas means a surrender to Hamas, surrender to terror,” Netanyahu said, adding that Israel’s military was performing “exceptionally well” and would continue its campaign “however long it takes.”
Israel has promised to eliminate Hamas in response to the armed group’s October 7 attacks on the country, which Israeli officials say killed 1,405 people, mostly civilians.
Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has killed at least 10,569 Palestinians, including 4,324 children, according to the health ministry in the enclave.
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