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ISRAEL WILL COLLAPSE WITHIN A YEAR IF THE WAR OF ATTRITION AGAINST
HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH CONTINUES  
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Yitzhak Brik
August 22, 2024
Haaretz
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_ What Israel could have achieved earlier with a hostage/cease-fire
agreement has become impossible due to new conditions that Netanyahu
introduced into the proposed deal. The paths chosen by Israel's
leadership are leading down a slippery slope. _

A fire in the Golan Heights following an attack from Hezbollah, in
July. Israel has also become a pariah state, prompting economic
boycotts and an embargo on arms shipments., Credit: Gil Eliahu /
Haaretz

 

Most of the pretentious declarations made by Defense Minister Yoav
Gallant throughout the war in Gaza have proven to be groundless.

After the occupation of Gaza City, he said that Israel was in total
control of the city and its tunnels, and within a short time, Hamas
would surrender. After the occupation of Khan Yunis, he claimed that
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was running in the tunnels by himself and
had lost control of his men, and within a few days he would be caught.

With these pronouncements, Gallant, along with his colleagues IDF
Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has
been throwing dust in the eyes of the Israeli public.

 
An Israeli holds a dog after a rocket hit her home in the anorthern
Israeli town of Katzrin, on Tuesday.  (Photo credit: Gil Eliahu /
Haaretz)
Recently, it appears that Gallant has begun to sober up, when in the
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense committee he declared
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the concept of total victory in Gaza "is nonsense."

And it seems that he has begun to realize that failing to reach a
hostage deal with Hamas would lead to a regional war that would put
Israel in serious danger.

This realization prompted him to call for a discussion, in the
government or security cabinet, intending to warn everyone involved.
The apparent goal of the discussion is to ensure that responsibility
rests not only on him, but is shared by all the government ministers.

I assume that Defense Minister Gallant already understands that the
war has lost its purpose
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Israel is sinking deeper into the Gazan mud, losing more and more
soldiers as they get killed or wounded, without any chance of
achieving the war's main goal: bringing down Hamas.

The country really is galloping towards the edge of an abyss. If the
war of attrition against Hamas and Hezbollah continues, Israel will
collapse within no more than a year.

Terror attacks are intensifying in the West Bank and inside the
country, the reservist army is voting with its feet
following recurring mobilizations of combat soldiers
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and the economy is crashing. Israel has also become a pariah state,
prompting economic boycotts and an embargo on arms shipments.

 
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, this month.  (Credit: Itai
Ron / Haaretz)
We are also losing our social resilience, as the growing hatred
between different parts of the nation threatens to ignite and bring to
its destruction from within.

Sinwar and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah understand Israel's dire
situation. What Israel could have achieved earlier with a
hostage/cease-fire agreement has become impossible due to the new
conditions that Netanyahu introduced
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the proposed deal. Those involved in the negotiations in Doha claim
that they have no maneuvering space to negotiate because their hands
are tied.

In light of the new situation, a threat by Iran and Hezbollah to
attack Israel in response to the killing of the two senior officials
is materializing in the region. The use of assassinations
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a step threatening to ignite the entire Middle East, decided upon by
the three pyromaniacs, Netanyahu, Gallant and Chief of Staff Halevi,
without thinking about the significance of their irresponsible
decisions.

Sinwar has begun to understand that the war of attrition is working to
his benefit, not to mention a multi-arena regional war. That's why he
now prefers a continuation of the fighting to a deal, and is
toughening his positions. If Netanyahu hadn't already put spokes in
the negotiation team's wheels throughout the war, Israel could already
have achieved a hostage deal before Sinwar toughened his stance.

 
Israeli soldiers in Gaza, in January 2024.  (Photo credit: IDF
spokesperson  //  Haaretz)
Netanyahu's recent announcement to the families of hostages about the
need to preserve "security assets"
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Gaza – a blatant lie – has effectively torpedoed the deal, leading
to a catastrophe not only for the hostages and their families but also
for the entire country.

All of the paths chosen by Israel's political and military leadership
are leading the country down a slippery slope. One dictator controls
the fate of the country, and a flock of sheep follows him blindly.
Netanyahu decided to "die with the Philistines" – in this case, the
citizens of Israel – only to retain his power.

He has lost his humanity, basic morality, norms, values, and
responsibility for Israel's security. Only replacing him and his
cronies as soon as possible can save the country. Israel has entered
an existential tailspin and could soon reach a point of no return.

After 2,000 years of exile, we returned and established a glorious
country. We paid a high price in tens of thousands of dead and
wounded. And now the country is disintegrating in our hands through
the fault of Netanyahu, Gallant, Halevi, and their pawns. It's still
possible to do something before it's too late.

_[MAJ. GEN. YITZHAK BRIK served in the Armored Corps as a brigade,
division and troops commander, and was the commander of the IDF
military colleges. For 10 years he was the Israel Defense Forces
ombudsman.]_

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* Benjamin Netanyahu
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