What a joyous article in a major Israeli news site. And written just when the Israelis need to trust their leadership and have internal unity.
Basically the article is accepting Israel has not won and must eat humble pie and regroup and finish off later--as if Israel's enemies won't also prepare for the later.
Opinion: Netanyahu is a walking strategic failure: He fails against Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas; Since October 8, he has led Israel to the greatest political low in its history, can he be trusted?
www.ynetnews.com
ranian threat must be dealt with, but first Israel needs a strategy shift
Opinion: Netanyahu is a walking strategic failure: He fails against Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas; Since October 8, he has led Israel to the greatest political low in its history, can he be trusted?
To what extent, if at all, did Israel's strategic situation change following the two assassinations, in
Beirut and
Tehran? After a few hours of euphoria, amid the excellent display of intelligence and operational prowess,
we've returned to reality.
...
We are in the midst of a multi-front war. To make the situation worse, Netanyahu took advantage of the assassinations to extend the war in the Gaza Strip without a deal. Put simply, he decided to give up on the release of the hostages and extend this endless war of attrition, increasing the chances of a bigger war.
It's not the world that is against Netanyahu rather the majority of the Israeli public and all the heads of the defense establishment and a few lawmakers from his Likud Party.
Is Netanyahu right and everyone else wrong? Possibly. This is why Netanyahu is an ongoing strategic failure. He failed against Iran, failed against Hezbollah, failed against Hamas and since October 8, he has led Israel to its lowest point in history. Can he be trusted?
Even worse, Netanyahu knows that every day that passes is another day of harm for Israel. More businesses collapse, more reservists are broken and the economy takes another hit. It is another day when tens of thousands of Israelis are refugees in their land and when more soldiers may be killed.
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Yes, there are achievements. More terrorists have been killed, more tunnels uncovered and blown up. However, the achievements are increasingly small compared to the damage to Israel. In over 300 days of war, Hamas can still launch rockets and in the north, there is rarely a day without attack. Have the assassinations changed something? Did they stop Iran? Hamas? Hezbollah?
The Iranian threat must dealt with but first, we need a strategic change to come with the release of the hostages. A deal will lead to a cease-fire on all fronts. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that there would be a cease-fire as soon as the fighting in Gaza ends.
Israel needs a period of calm, mainly to rebuild the IDF, rebuild the economy, rebuild society, and deal with the threat from Iran and its proxies across the Middle East.
With the continued policy of siege and starvation pursued by the [Israeli] occupation, a picture of a barefoot Palestinian child resting a little while transporting water to his family in Al-Mawasi camp in Khan Yunis.
