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What the Propagandists are Silent About
Jun. 3rd, 2024 03:07 pmDavid Gendelman
"Since 2006, I have been saying that the solution to the Gaza problem in its current form is reoccupation, which will immediately and automatically create a Gaza problem in another form. As long as the government prefers to have the Gaza problem in its current form, it is forced to resort to periodic half-measures. But even now, seven months after October 7, the majority of the government and Israeli society do not want reoccupation and Israeli military administration in Gaza. This is called 'we don't want to deal with Gaza's sewage,' to which I have already responded many times: 'If you don't want to deal with Gaza's sewage, it will deal with you,' and on October 7, we saw this vividly. All these projects of transferring power to a 'reformed' Palestinian Authority, local self-government, international elements, etc., are still just projects. When we started the initial coordination with local clans for the distribution of humanitarian aid, Hamas demonstratively executed representatives of these clans, and the officers of the Palestinian Authority administration sent to Gaza for the same purpose were arrested by Hamas. The UAE, through its Foreign Ministry, has already stated that it does not intend to follow Israel's lead and get involved in managing Gaza, and so on. There are only two real alternatives: either Hamas rule or Israeli occupation. Occupation and military administration mean keeping two divisions there on a permanent basis, but practically and technically, this is doable, unlike all these projects. An additional complicating factor is that the US also does not want Israeli occupation, but if we at least wanted it ourselves, we could maneuver and manage, as a temporary measure, etc. However, as long as we ourselves do not want this realistic but undesirable option and instead chase desirable but unrealistic ones, this is what it looks like: wherever we withdraw, Hamas emerges from the rubble and restores its power, and it simply cannot be otherwise; it's either-or..."
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However, there is a third alternative. It is quite simple but extremely inconvenient for all the respectable people on both the Israeli and Muslim sides. The fact is that Gaza as such is just a piece of desert 10 by 40 kilometers. There is nothing there but dirty sand. There are no sources of water, and the few that existed are completely polluted and salinated. Growing food there on any noticeable scale is impossible because there is no water and no fertile soil. The production of anything for sale will not take off because the local population has an average IQ of 70 and is not accustomed to working at all. Gaza can exist insofar as everything necessary for it—water, energy, fuel, food, goods, everything—is supplied from Israel. Moreover, it's free for the Gazans.
If this were stopped, without even imposing any blockade, just demanding that Muslims pay for all supplies with real money, Gaza would collapse like a punctured balloon. Muslim leaders are not eager to spend the billions they receive from 'sponsors' on feeding their flock of subjects. And without food, 'Gaza residents' would simply return to Egypt, from where they came. Even if Egypt decides to shoot them all with machine guns, that is Egypt's business, not Israel's. In general, if it is made a condition that supplies to Gaza are only provided on a prepayment basis, there will be no Gaza.
Naturally, even mentioning such a solution is forbidden, let alone discussing it. The motives of Muslim leaders are clear: they are used to simply pocketing billions and do not want to spend money on feeding the Gazans. As for the respectable Israeli gentlemen, they are used to the fact that supplies to Gaza (which in volume is a quarter of the rest of Israel's market) are generously paid for by the state, at almost arbitrary 'good, fair' prices. Moreover, a significant part of the goods, although paid for, is only supplied to Gaza on paper, but in reality is sold for cash to Muslims within Israel—a double profit. We are talking about five to six billion a year just on paper. Plus, there are also incomes from supplies to the army around Gaza, also a goldmine. And to take all this and zero it out? Never!"
"Since 2006, I have been saying that the solution to the Gaza problem in its current form is reoccupation, which will immediately and automatically create a Gaza problem in another form. As long as the government prefers to have the Gaza problem in its current form, it is forced to resort to periodic half-measures. But even now, seven months after October 7, the majority of the government and Israeli society do not want reoccupation and Israeli military administration in Gaza. This is called 'we don't want to deal with Gaza's sewage,' to which I have already responded many times: 'If you don't want to deal with Gaza's sewage, it will deal with you,' and on October 7, we saw this vividly. All these projects of transferring power to a 'reformed' Palestinian Authority, local self-government, international elements, etc., are still just projects. When we started the initial coordination with local clans for the distribution of humanitarian aid, Hamas demonstratively executed representatives of these clans, and the officers of the Palestinian Authority administration sent to Gaza for the same purpose were arrested by Hamas. The UAE, through its Foreign Ministry, has already stated that it does not intend to follow Israel's lead and get involved in managing Gaza, and so on. There are only two real alternatives: either Hamas rule or Israeli occupation. Occupation and military administration mean keeping two divisions there on a permanent basis, but practically and technically, this is doable, unlike all these projects. An additional complicating factor is that the US also does not want Israeli occupation, but if we at least wanted it ourselves, we could maneuver and manage, as a temporary measure, etc. However, as long as we ourselves do not want this realistic but undesirable option and instead chase desirable but unrealistic ones, this is what it looks like: wherever we withdraw, Hamas emerges from the rubble and restores its power, and it simply cannot be otherwise; it's either-or..."
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However, there is a third alternative. It is quite simple but extremely inconvenient for all the respectable people on both the Israeli and Muslim sides. The fact is that Gaza as such is just a piece of desert 10 by 40 kilometers. There is nothing there but dirty sand. There are no sources of water, and the few that existed are completely polluted and salinated. Growing food there on any noticeable scale is impossible because there is no water and no fertile soil. The production of anything for sale will not take off because the local population has an average IQ of 70 and is not accustomed to working at all. Gaza can exist insofar as everything necessary for it—water, energy, fuel, food, goods, everything—is supplied from Israel. Moreover, it's free for the Gazans.
If this were stopped, without even imposing any blockade, just demanding that Muslims pay for all supplies with real money, Gaza would collapse like a punctured balloon. Muslim leaders are not eager to spend the billions they receive from 'sponsors' on feeding their flock of subjects. And without food, 'Gaza residents' would simply return to Egypt, from where they came. Even if Egypt decides to shoot them all with machine guns, that is Egypt's business, not Israel's. In general, if it is made a condition that supplies to Gaza are only provided on a prepayment basis, there will be no Gaza.
Naturally, even mentioning such a solution is forbidden, let alone discussing it. The motives of Muslim leaders are clear: they are used to simply pocketing billions and do not want to spend money on feeding the Gazans. As for the respectable Israeli gentlemen, they are used to the fact that supplies to Gaza (which in volume is a quarter of the rest of Israel's market) are generously paid for by the state, at almost arbitrary 'good, fair' prices. Moreover, a significant part of the goods, although paid for, is only supplied to Gaza on paper, but in reality is sold for cash to Muslims within Israel—a double profit. We are talking about five to six billion a year just on paper. Plus, there are also incomes from supplies to the army around Gaza, also a goldmine. And to take all this and zero it out? Never!"
