In a report entitled" Give Gaza to the Saudis, " a report by Channel Seven on Israeli television

 presented an idea for the Israeli government to invite Saudi Arabia to administer the Gaza

 Strip after Egypt rejected this proposal.

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Edited by| Tony Wild

 

Politic section -  CJ journalist

 

Tel Aviv - October,31,2023

 

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"Instead of changing the policy the day after another stage of an endless war in Gaza, it is

 better to act wisely at least once and determine what we will do with Gaza from now

 on,"the Israeli television report said.

The channel's report criticized the lack of interest of Israeli decision-makers in Tel Aviv in the

 aftermath of the end of the war in Gaza and who will run the Strip".

"When Henry Kissinger is credited with saying that Israel has no foreign policy, but only

 internal considerations, this unfortunately seems to be true at the military level and on

 crucial issues, such as the future of Gaza the day after the war . So far there has been no

 serious discussion on the subject, indeed, none of the members of the government has

 been required to deal with the matter,"he said.

"Such a postponement is a double and even triple strategic mistake, as it is a mistake

 because even the military action itself must adapt to the next day, and it is also a mistake

 because the worst of it happens in improvised and imminent situations, and it is also a

 mistake because if we explain to the world what our plan is for the next day – we can also

 get additional space to breathe the military operation itself,"he continued.

The report explained that there are, in general, five options: "Israeli annexation, Egyptian

 annexation, the return of the PLO, the growth of a local leadership, and the fifth and final

 option is the creation of a kind of "Emirate" run by a friendly Arab state, let this be Saudi

 Arabia.

The report explained that Israel does not really intend to return to the seventies and take

 full control of the Strip because it does not now have Ariel Sharon, who used to roam the

 streets of Gaza and rule it by imposing a military regime, and Tel Aviv has no intention or

ability to transport more than a million people.

"The possibility of Egyptian annexation has also fallen off the agenda, as it is ironic that

 Egypt itself, which insisted in those years to have at least a symbolic representation in Gaza,

 welcomes the complete abandonment of the Strip, as Egyptian President Sisi, an intelligent

 man on the whole, sees no value in annexing a small piece of land to feed more than a

 million mouths and tens of thousands of Muslims adherents of jihadist ideology in a country

 that also suffers from religious extremism and a shortage of bread,"he said.

"Here we come to the most dangerous option, in any case, almost automatically - the one

 for which the Israeli Left is expected to push with all its might (some have already started

 ...), Which is the handover of the Strip to the Palestinian Authority. "It's as if we didn't learn

 anything, as if we didn't go through Oslo and disengagement, as if they didn't expel the PA

 representatives from Gaza in 2006, as if the weak Abu Mazen didn't avoid elections for

 almost two decades knowing that Hamas would hit him on the thigh in the West Bank as

 well,"he said.

"The most practical option, which can be integrated into a broader political track, is the

 Saudi option . As we know, the Saudis do not have an economic problem, and they are also

 successfully coping with tougher approaches to Islam, the two problems that prevent

 Egyptians from adopting the sector do not exist in the case of Mohammed bin Salman,"he

 said.

"In this case, the Saudis will strengthen their grip on the Islamic world, take control of an

 important Iranian stronghold, solve an old Israeli problem, and above all, there will be a

 new master in the Gaza Strip, who knows how to deal even with militants with the right

 tools, as happened in Yemen,"he added.