Gaza: Waiting for the worst solutions

A strange question, after all the years of struggle, the crowds of martyrs, the millions of displaced people, and the paths of suffering paved with groans and disasters to which the Palestinians are still exposed. Therefore, it is impossible to compare with the words of President Mahmoud Abbas, who refuses to return Gaza to its previous state if he had the opportunity to do so. Abbas's words will not be taken seriously unless a political vacuum occurs in Gaza. This is what could happen if the Islamic Resistance Movement withdraws from political life or if Israel succeeds in eliminating it, two things that will not happen in the worst case scenario.

Heavy gas on all sides

Abu Mazen precedes the events or prepares for them. He is most knowledgeable about what is happening in Gaza politically. Hamas, which rules Gaza, is fighting fiercely today in defense of its independent existence. It is unwilling to transform into one of the political wings of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and it is also desperate for the policy pursued by the Ramallah authority. This is a despair shared by many Palestinians who do not agree with its ideological line. Therefore, the Authority will not be able to return to ruling Gaza with the presence of Hamas. The re-annexation of Gaza in this case is similar to its re-occupation by Israel. An expensive operation that will not lead to positive results.

Israel is not innocent of the malicious role it played in order for there to be no unified Palestinian front to stand against it. Therefore, it thought that the split of Hamas, which put two million Palestinians outside the authority’s control, was in its interest.

Gaza is as heavy on the Authority as it is on Israel. On the other hand, the recent war, with all its complications and repercussions at the global level, produced an Arab position that has become difficult to overcome and retreat from in order to begin peace talks on the ruins of a city and the graves of victims who were not, in the minimum understanding, participating in the conflict, neither in Hamas’s adventure nor in Israel’s madness. Here I do not mean talks with Israel alone, but also with the Palestinian party, which will raise the slogan of rebuilding Gaza, as it did in previous times. 

The war this time is different, not only because of the official Western position aligned behind Israeli barbarism, but also because of the legal status that Iran acquired after the Hamas movement clearly revealed its ideological connection to it. Regardless of Western hypocrisy, Iran is not innocent of involvement in the recent war, as shown by the Iranian media, based on statements by the Supreme Leader, which cannot be considered a measure of the truth.

Error in Israeli estimates

What is certain until this moment is that the forces that could influence Israel do not want to stop its madness. But it is also certain that these forces know that the mind that Israel has lost was not aware of whether Hamas’ plan would lead it into a quagmire from which it would not emerge or whether it would guide it to ways of salvation from a constant source of nuisance. But Israel, for its part, played a suspicious role when it weakened the Palestinian Authority without showing any kind of respect for the European Union that sponsors it. Israel is not innocent of the malicious role it played in order for there to be no unified Palestinian front to stand against it. Therefore, it thought that the split of Hamas, which put two million Palestinians outside the authority’s control, was in its interest. It does not want a final solution based on the fact that it does not respect international laws that stipulate the right of the Palestinians to establish their independent state.

What about international management?

The question that can be considered imaginary until this moment is: “What happens if the Hamas movement collapses in a situation in which Israel insists on taking the war to its extreme?” The question is not about who rules Gaza. Israel and the Palestinian Authority are unwilling to do so. Rather, who will manage the affairs of two million people, the majority of whom lost their homes that were destroyed by the bombing, their sources of livelihood were cut off, and they no longer have anything to support their livelihood in terms of food and medicine, which puts life at its lowest levels. A crowd of wandering people standing on the borders of Israel, whose identity still dictates their affiliation to the Palestinian Authority, whose existence the world once recognized. Regardless of the position on the conflict, the victims’ question will be pressing. But to whom?

There are those who thought about international management. On the other hand, there are those who believe that this idea is a poisoned gift. But Gaza lost all its sources of livelihood after it began living on aid. Real life cannot be built on aid. The Israeli siege was the worst and most inferior weapon of war. That siege placed it in front of a people who only wanted it to disappear. Therefore, the international administration can be considered a kind of protection for Israel.

Source: Assas Media