On the governor – Aluf Benn in Haaretz:

‘Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must be dreaming about what his supporters will see as a lifetime achievement: Expanding Israel's territory for the first time after 50 years of withdrawal, beginning with the disengagement agreements after the Yom Kippur War. Most of his predecessors, as well as he himself, gave up territory, and now the time has come for reversing that trend and for expansion. This will be his "total victory," his "Zionist response" to the October 7 massacre, to the abductions, the terrible humiliation of Israel and its military by the Palestinians and Lebanese.’

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‘This entry into the new phase of the war did not begin with a multidivisional maneuver or some daring raid into the enemy's heartland. Instead, it came via a bureaucratic statement on August 28, announcing the appointment of Col. Elad Goren as head of the humanitarian-civil effort in Gaza with the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories unit.
This lengthy title, a burden Goren will bear until a proper military acronym is found, is equivalent to the Civil Administration chief in the West Bank – and should properly be referred to as "governor of Gaza." He is a contemporary reincarnation of Maj. Gen. Moshe Goren, who served in this capacity following the occupation of Gaza in 1967's Six-Day War.’

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‘This is the meaning of Netanyahu's statement that the border between Gaza and Egypt (the Philadelphi route) will remain under Israeli control. In such a situation, Netanyahu and his partners hope that after another winter in tents and without basic facilities, the 2 million Palestinians crowded in Rafah, Khan Yunis and Al-Mawasi will realize that they cannot go back to their ruined homes. Accordingly, despair is supposed to incite them against Yahya Sinwar's oppressive rule – and to encourage many of them to leave Gaza altogether.’

Read the article here.

This is all a very realistic scenario and disastrous, needless to say, except for despair that will turn the Palestinians in Gaza against Hamas.

Messianism is the opposite of compromise. That’s why (political) messianism is always suicidal, sometimes genocidal. How to get out of the snake pit? Especially since too many voters believe that the snake pit is their only future.