On Monday, during an interview with the American news network ABC NewsNetanyahu He said that his country will assume “overall responsibility for security” in Loop after the war with Hamas.

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When ABC News asked Netanyahu who should govern the Palestinian territory when the fighting ends, he responded that “Israel will, for an indefinite period, have overall responsibility for security because we have seen what happens when we don’t have it. “When we don’t have that security responsibility, what we have is the eruption of Hamas terror on a scale we couldn’t imagine.”

This photograph released by the Israeli army on November 7, 2023 shows its troops during operations in northern Gaza. (AFP).

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Some sectors of Israeli and American public opinion, as well as analysts, interpreted what was said by Netanyahu It could be an advertisement between the lines of a new Israeli occupation of Gazasomething that the United States does not agree with, where even the president Joe Biden has openly stated about the future of the enclave and has rejected any possibility of reoccupation.

The evolution of Israel's borders. (AFP). — The evolution of Israel’s borders. (AFP).

It should be noted that after the War of the six days June 1967, Israel occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Strip of Loop and the Golan Heights.

After 38 years, In September 2005, Israel withdrew all its troops from Gaza.. Two years later, in 2007, Hamas took power in the enclave, after expelling the Palestinian National Authority.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv on October 28, 2023. (Photo by Abir SULTAN / AFP).

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The same Monday, The White House reiterated that it does not believe Israeli forces should reoccupy Gaza.

US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said discussions about the future of Loop are ongoing and nothing has been decided.

“What we support is that Hamas I can no longer have control of LoopKirby said. “We cannot go back to October 6,” he added.

“We are having conversations with our Israeli counterparts about what governance should look like in Loop after the conflict and I don’t think any solution has been reached one way or another,” he continued. kirby.

The number of fatalities

in the Gaza Strip due to Israeli bombings amounts to 10,569 people, including 4,324 children, according to data from the Gaza Ministry of Health published on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, kirby talked with cnn and he referred to the topic again. “President Joe Biden still believes that a reoccupation of Gaza by Israeli forces is not good. “It is not good for Israel, it is not good for the Israeli people,” she maintained.

“One of the conversations that Secretary of State Antony Blinken has had in the region is what Gaza would be like after the conflict. What does governance in Gaza look like? Because, whatever it is, it cannot be what it was on October 6. It just can’t be Hamas”, he reiterated.

United States President Joe Biden. (Mandel NGAN / AFP).

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In October, in an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes”, Biden had stated that it would be a “big mistake” for Israel to occupy Gaza.

At that time, Michael HerzogIsrael’s ambassador to the United States, had told CNN that Israel had no intention of occupying Gaza after the conflict ended.

On the future of Gaza, Israel’s Defense Minister, Yoav Gallantsaid Tuesday that his country “will retain complete freedom of action to respond to any situation in Gaza” once the war ends, according to a statement reported by the Ynet news website.

Gallant He added that “at the end of this ‘campaign’, Hamasas a military organization or governing body in Loopwill cease to exist”.

“There will be no threat to Israel’s security from Gaza, and Israel will retain complete freedom of action to respond to any situation in Gaza that represents any type of threat,” he indicated. Gallant.

Israel's operation in Gaza. (AFP). — Israel’s operation in Gaza. (AFP).

Blinken: “Israel cannot occupy Gaza”

This Wednesday, the words of Netanyahu They continued to have an echo. Visiting Tokyo, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken He reiterated his country’s position.

”The only way to achieve sustainable peace is through the non-displacement of Palestinians in Loopthe non-reoccupation of the Strip, the blockade or reduction of the territory,” he said Blinken at a press conference.

“We have been very clear from day 1: Gaza cannot be governed by Hamas, Israel cannot occupy Gaza and displacement of Palestinians cannot occur,” he insisted. Blinken.

For its part, Ron DermerMinister of Strategic Affairs of Israelgave an interview to the American network MSNBC on Wednesday in which he said that Netanyahu “did not talk about occupying Gaza.”

“We are totally removed from Loop for 17 years and they gave us back a terrorist State. “It is obvious that we cannot repeat that,” he said. Dermer.

“When Hamas is no longer in power, Israel should have overall security responsibility for an indefinite period“, he explained, almost repeating the words of Netanyahu.

But asked about how he will exercise this responsibility, Dermer He said the issue is still open, but assured that ““It will not be an occupation.”.

Dermer admitted that Israel will face the dilemma of the day after ending Hamas.

“Who will manage Gaza? “If it is a Palestinian force that governs Gaza for the well-being of its inhabitants and without wanting to destroy Hamas, then we can talk,” he stated.

For his part, the spokesperson for HamasAbdel Latif al Qanou, reacted to the US position and stated that “what Kirby has said about the future of Gaza after Hamas It’s a fantasy”.

“Our people are in symbiosis with the resistance and they will decide their future,” he added.

Other discrepancies

CNN reported that in recent weeks there have been Other strong differences between the United States and Israel. He explained that last week, Blinken He pressured the Israelis to make a “humanitarian pause” to allow hostages and civilians to leave Gaza and aid to come in for the Palestinians, but was rebuked by Netanyahu.

Despite the public declaration of Blinken in the sense that “civilians should not suffer the consequences of (Hamas) inhumanity and brutality,” Israeli forces continued to attack places where there are civilians after the visit of the senior American diplomat to Israel. The military claimed the sites were being used by Hamas, according to CNN.

Regarding a general ceasefire in Gaza, Netanyahu told ABC News that there will be no “without the release of our hostages.”

“As for the small tactical breaks, an hour here, an hour there. I suppose we have had them before, we will check the circumstances to allow merchandise, humanitarian goods to come in, or our hostages, individual hostages, to leave. But I don’t think there will be a general ceasefire,” Netanyahu emphasized.

Opinion

The US wants the ANP to take charge of Gaza

By Francisco Belaunde Matossian,

international analyst

What was said by Netanyahu It could be seen as a test balloon, and that is precisely what the United States does not want. TO Israel What matters most to them is their safety, they are not interested in the means they have to use to achieve it. If that means at least partially reoccupying Gaza, he will do it. A decision like that would clearly mean leaving Gaza’s population only in the southern part of the territory permanently.

It is also quite debatable whether a decision like that ensures the safety of Israelbecause as long as the underlying problem of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not solved, its security will always be threatened.

As for the United States, Biden is against a reoccupation of Gaza, but if there is a new Government in the United States that position could change. But in any case, we are still far from the elections. This war will last a few more weeks, during which time the Democrat will continue to govern the country.

It must be taken into account that there are already discrepancies between the United States and Israel, what remains to be seen is how these differences will be managed. The United States has been very clear from the beginning that Israel cannot reoccupy Gaza.

What worries Americans is that Israel has launched its operation without having a plan for what may come next for Gaza. What the United States is proposing is that the Palestinian National Authority have a role to play in a future government in Gaza, something the Palestinian president agrees with Mahmoud Abbas.

So the solution for the United States is for the PA to take charge of Gaza, with international support. This without ceasing to seek a solution to the underlying problem, which is the creation of the Palestinian State. There is a total divergence with what is currently proposed. Israel.

The United States heavily supports Israel with defense money and has now sent aircraft carriers and other powerful equipment to prevent a regional war. For Washington, the expansion of the conflict would be a diplomatic nightmare, something atrocious.

There are also electoral reasons for the United States’ position. Biden cannot appear as someone who is completely on the side of Israel, and who does not take into account the humanitarian interests of the Palestinians and their rights. Now, it is not very clear to what extent the United States can pressure Israel, it is doing it in some way with humanitarian aid.