International newspapers and news sites shed light on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan for the day after the war on the Gaza Strip, and American dissatisfaction with the settlement plans that the Israeli government intends to begin implementing in the West Bank.

Netanyahu had previously presented to the security mini-ministerial council (the cabinet) a document of principles related to the policy of the day after the Gaza war, which includes - according to the Israeli Broadcasting Authority - several provisions, including Israel’s preservation of freedom to operate in the entire Gaza Strip without a time limit, and it also includes the establishment of a security zone. In the sector adjacent to Israeli towns.

The New York Times wrote that Netanyahu's plan "completely contradicts everything that the administration of US President Joe Biden has been seeking to achieve for months."

An article published by the newspaper saw that Netanyahu's choice to reveal his plan in the hours before the start of the Paris negotiations on the prisoner exchange deal "is not a coincidence, but rather an intentional matter, the aim of which is to focus the public debate on the path that the Israeli prime minister wanted."

In the same context, the Financial Times found that Netanyahu’s plan for Gaza after the war “expresses a clear desire to regain control of the Strip, through a combination of occupation methods and collective punishment.”

According to the newspaper, the plan, which was contained on one page, was worded ambiguously, and one of its goals was to tickle the feelings of right-wingers who support Netanyahu, pointing to the apathy with which the plan was met in Europe and America.

The Al-Monitor website focused on the Israeli military operation in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, and quoted a source close to Israeli war council member Benny Gantz as saying that the operation could be carried out within a month or two, “but the hostages do not have this time, with many killed and injured.” "The site comments that the controversy over Rafah is a microcosm of the larger controversy regarding the war, which has entered its fifth month.

On the other hand, The Washington Post revealed great dissatisfaction in the American administration with the settlement plans that the Israeli government intends to begin implementing in the West Bank. The newspaper explained that this dissatisfaction explains the Biden administration’s decision to consider Israeli settlement in the West Bank contradictory to international law, in retreat from a decision taken by the previous administration, led by Donald Trump.

The Washington Post quoted American officials who described the Israelis’ determination to proceed with settlement plans, after all the American support for them, as a disregard for the American administration.

Source: Al Jazeera