Israeli Historian: Israel’s Wars Could Lead To Its Downfall
This column is being written before the voting in Tuesday’s national election has concluded, so obviously I have no knowledge of the election’s outcome (but I expect a clean sweep for Trump and the GOP). When it comes to the subject of Israel, however, it matters little who is elected president—except I expect a Trump administration would be far more hawkish in the Middle East than Harris. But Harris would be more hawkish in Ukraine. So, there you go. Wars must go on.
Regardless of who wins the White House, the U.S. proxy wars in both Ukraine and Israel are going very, very badly. Ukraine will fall within weeks. The U.S. has lost another war. And Israel’s wars in the Middle East are likewise failing.
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his genocidal war in Gaza, he said his goals were to 1) Defeat Hamas in Gaza. 2) Defeat Hezbollah in Lebanon. 3) Bring the displaced Israelis in Northern Israel back to their homes. 4) Return the Israeli hostages. He has achieved none of his objectives. In fact, all four efforts have proven to be catastrophic failures.
Hamas is not defeated. Far from it. Due to Netanyahu’s genocidal madness, Hamas is stronger than ever. The IOF (Israel Occupation Forces) cannot even secure the neighborhoods and communities that they have already destroyed. Within a couple of weeks following Israel’s carpet-bombing destruction of these areas, Hamas fighters return stronger than before. And you can understand why.
The slaughter of 200,000+ innocent Palestinian men, women, children and babies (NOT 40,000 as everyone is being told) has done nothing to rid Gaza of Hamas—not even the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. And make note of this: Unlike Netanyahu, who fights his battles from the safety of an underground bunker, Sinwar was killed on the streets of Gaza with an AK-47 in his hands leading his men. For Palestinians and Arabs everywhere, Sinwar died a heroic death. His death is inspiring thousands of men to join Hamas in his honor.
Additionally, there is no one in Gaza who has not lost either a family member or their entire family. Israel has succeeded in turning a mostly peaceful, passive agrarian people into a generation of enraged enemies strongly salivating for revenge. The ranks of Hamas are swelling exponentially and will continue to do so for many years to come. Israel has created a monster that it is not able to contain.
Plus, classified documents have just been leaked this week by one of Netanyahu’s closest aides documenting that it was Netanyahu himself who stonewalled ceasefire agreements and refused to negotiate for the release of Israelis held captive by Hamas.
These leaks led to Netanyahu’s attempt to deflect incrimination against himself by dismissing Israeli Defense Secretary Yoav Gallant. This move is very risky and could potentially kindle a military coup against the prime minister, as Gallant is very popular among Israel’s military forces, especially its generals.
In addition, Northern Israel is more dangerous for the Israeli people than ever before. Lebanon’s Hezbollah has not been weakene
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