Former CIA Director, retired US General David Petraeus, proposed a “post-conflict” plan for Gaza, consisting of “clear, hold and build,” noting that it was consistent with plans outlined by Israel to destroy Hamas and its political wing and recover the hostages.
Petraeus said in an interview with CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour: “I think the question is whether Israel is able to achieve the goal it has set, which I agree with, by the way. I think Hamas needs to be destroyed. I think it is similar to the Islamic State (ISIS), which is an analogy.” “Incomplete given the Palestinian nationalist elements here, but I think they need to be destroyed.”
He continued by saying: “This is one of the three main stated goals of Israel. The other thing is to dismantle the political wing, and I agree with that goal, and of course to release and recover the hostages. But the way to do that, as you and I have discussed from the beginning, is to remove and capture, to separate the population, the people.” “On the extremists. I don’t see that happening across Gaza.”
“The withdrawal of five brigades now of Israeli forces there, I think, raises questions about whether Israel is actually capable of destroying Hamas, again, dismantling the political wing and, by the way, also preventing Hamas from reconstructing itself,” the former CIA director noted. Because of course there are some additional big ideas that have been needed for a long time such as a post-conflict process and who will oversee Gaza? No hands have been raised in the region, and there is certainly no qualified and trustworthy Palestinian entity that can be brought in from the West Bank, and it seems that “Israel will have to do this by default.”
Petraeus asked: “What is the vision for the people of Gaza, and by the way, for the West Bank as well? Who will supervise and who will hold and then rebuild and supervise the reconstruction, restoring basic services, reopening schools, the market, clinics, etc.? I felt that he should have stayed.” The hospital is open, Al-Shifa in particular, but all of them, and that civilians are treated in these hospitals but that they control them and make sure that the tunnels under them or the headquarters or what is going on in them are not allowed and eliminated. But again, they have to provide for the needs of the people, Without asking,” he said.
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2024-01-08 16:24:42
