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Fri 16 Feb 2024 1:30 pm - Jerusalem Time

Report: Israeli plan to establish loyal “population enclaves” in the Gaza Strip, protected by the Israeli army

Report: The Israeli plan, funded by Gulf states, calls for housing Gazans who do not support Hamas, in neighborhoods initially and then implementing the plan in cities, but its fate will be similar to the American invasion of Iraq, the emergence of Al-Qaeda and then ISIS, after which the influence of Iran increases.


A plan is being prepared at the headquarters of the security services in Tel Aviv in order to be implemented after the end of the war on Gaza, and it stipulates the establishment of “population enclaves” in the Gaza Strip, in the form of neighborhoods to be populated by a limited number of residents of the Strip who are “non-supportive of Hamas,” according to what the newspaper Maariv reported today, Friday.


According to the plan, a Palestinian executive committee will supervise internal affairs in these “enclaves,” and the Israeli army will be responsible for security. In Israel, they hope that the Gulf countries will finance this scheme.


The newspaper added that in Israel they are planning an initial experiment, and if it succeeds in one “pocket,” the plan will be applied in other “pockets,” and after that this plan will be applied in “entire cities.”


The plan is based on "cooperation" between Israel and local representatives, with the aim of excluding Hamas and the Palestinian Authority. “A search is currently underway for Gazans who agree to cooperate” in the first experiment.


The newspaper noted that this plan "seems promising." But she warned that the reality is different. "From the beginning, Hamas will declare these enclaves to be hostile areas, and those local leaders will be labeled as collaborators. Their blood will be wasted, and their lives will be at risk. Their residents will also be exposed to danger and pressure."


This Israeli plan does not address the rest of the population of the Gaza Strip, who constitute the overwhelming majority. It is not clear how they will live and who will care for them. “A poor or dissatisfied population is an automatic enemy. Violent and powerful protests will grow within it.”


The newspaper pointed out that the financing issue is also not guaranteed, “because Gulf countries will demand to pay money for the pilot project and will demand a guarantee regarding its stability.”


The newspaper asked: “How will the citizens who will be included in the experiment be selected? Will they undergo admission tests? And if there are Hamas loyalists in one family, will some of them get the privilege, and their relatives will be rejected? And what will Israel do with tens of thousands of government employees in the Gaza Strip, all of them worked in the Hamas government. Will you leave them to their fate?


It added, "Even if the military arm of Hamas is eliminated, a sufficient number of them, who have military experience, will remain in the Gaza Strip, and they will challenge all those who represent the new government. If orders are issued to the Israeli army to defend these enclaves, its soldiers will be a target. Those who are disappointed will be (The Palestinians) will gather into armed militias. One militia and perhaps more in each city. And Israel’s enemies, most notably Iran, or perhaps Islamic capital or jihadist organizations in Sinai, will support it from a distance with funding, weapons, and training.”


The newspaper added that then, “there will be no party that can be pressured or talked to, because there will be no central government in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army may be lured into a daily, non-stop pursuit of these cells. This is what almost happened in Iraq, when the American army invaded.” Baghdad and overthrew Saddam Hussein, dismantled his army and threw his officers and soldiers into hell. In the wake of that, Al-Qaeda in Iraq emerged, which was formed from officers and soldiers in Saddam’s army, who took revenge on the Americans.”


The Americans established a temporary administration in Iraq and appointed an American governor. “But the great collapse opened the doors to everyone. Thus, the Iranians entered Baghdad and have not left since. After the Obama administration withdrew American forces in order to stop the bloodshed of its soldiers, ISIS occupied the vacuum. Within three or four years, it developed among millions of Iraqis, and among the Americans also miss Al-Qaeda, because of which they missed Saddam before that.”


The newspaper concluded, alluding to the fate of the “population enclaves” plan in the Gaza Strip, that “the American experience in Iraq was and remains a glorious failure. An American administration recklessly encouraged the establishment of Al-Qaeda, and another administration, by fleeing, invited ISIS to the salon. And they had good intentions.” “As any American who was there would say, they wanted to build a normal entity in Iraq, enjoying peace and security.”

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Report: Israeli plan to establish loyal “population enclaves” in the Gaza Strip, protected by the Israeli army