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In Netanyahu's mind, any talk about postwar political realities in Gaza interferes with his slogans of "total victory" and "eradicating Hamas." The idea that toppling Hamas politically can be done only through diplomatic means, an American-Arab-Israeli coalition and an international and inter-Arab force that would enter Gaza temporarily is alien to him.
When the IDF expresses such a thought, Netanyahu returns to his modus operandi since October 7: Deflect, blame the army, shed any responsibility. As far as he's concerned, he's infallible, too big to fail, a historic giant underappreciated by an ignorant and ungrateful Israeli public and persecuted by a hateful world fueled by a cabal of liberal elites out to get him.
October 7? That was an intelligence failure. Management of the war? That's Gallant's job. The military stalemate? It's the IDF's fault. Cease-fire? That's Biden looking to undermine him and block Israel from a massive victory.
When you look at the three phases of the war, the three Ps – policy, prosecution and postwar – you observe not only a deep failure of imagination but the sum of all of Netanyahu's ineptness, laxness, arrogance and propensity for serial bungling.
The policy leading to October 7. Netanyahu deliberately strengthened Hamas in order to weaken the Palestinian Authority and avoid any diplomatic process; then came the flawed notion that Hamas was deterred and had no interests in a war. That's a systemic failure, aka the konseptzia – the concept governing Israel's thinking – but Netanyahu directed it.
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When the IDF expresses such a thought, Netanyahu returns to his modus operandi since October 7: Deflect, blame the army, shed any responsibility. As far as he's concerned, he's infallible, too big to fail, a historic giant underappreciated by an ignorant and ungrateful Israeli public and persecuted by a hateful world fueled by a cabal of liberal elites out to get him.
October 7? That was an intelligence failure. Management of the war? That's Gallant's job. The military stalemate? It's the IDF's fault. Cease-fire? That's Biden looking to undermine him and block Israel from a massive victory.
When you look at the three phases of the war, the three Ps – policy, prosecution and postwar – you observe not only a deep failure of imagination but the sum of all of Netanyahu's ineptness, laxness, arrogance and propensity for serial bungling.
The policy leading to October 7. Netanyahu deliberately strengthened Hamas in order to weaken the Palestinian Authority and avoid any diplomatic process; then came the flawed notion that Hamas was deterred and had no interests in a war. That's a systemic failure, aka the konseptzia – the concept governing Israel's thinking – but Netanyahu directed it.
Out of Ideas, Netanyahu sees Biden and Gallant as a cabal plotting against him
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