The Palestinian Authority has harshly criticized a “day after” plan for Gaza offered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling it “destined to fail”.
“If the world needs safety and stability within the area, it should finish the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and acknowledge the impartial Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital,” mentioned Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the spokesman for the Palestinian president. Mahmoud Abbas. on Friday by the Palestinian state information company Wafa.
Netanyahu's plan is his first official proposal for what comes after the struggle in Gaza – through which Israel killed greater than 29,000 Palestinians.
In keeping with the doc, offered to members of Israel's safety cupboard on Thursday, Israel maintains safety and navy management over all lands west of Jordan, together with the occupied West Financial institution and Gaza – territories the place the Palestinians wish to create the his impartial state.
Among the many long-term targets listed, Netanayhu additionally rejected the “unilateral recognition” of a Palestinian state. He mentioned an settlement with the Palestinians would solely be achieved by direct negotiations between the 2 sides – however he didn’t identify which Palestinian get together it could be.
In response, Abu Rudeineh rejected any effort to separate governance in Gaza from the West Financial institution.
“Gaza will solely be part of the impartial Palestinian state… Any plan on the contrary is certain to fail,” he mentioned. “Israel has not succeeded in makes an attempt to vary the geographic and demographic actuality within the Gaza Strip.”
“Netanyahu's proposed plans goal to perpetuate the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and forestall the creation of a Palestinian state,” Abu Rudeineh added.
The White Home additionally added its displeasure with the plan, with the spokesman for the US Nationwide Safety Council, John Kirby, saying that Washington had been “constantly clear with our Israeli counterparts” about what was wanted. in Gaza after the struggle.
“The Palestinian individuals ought to have a voice and a vote … by a revitalized Palestinian Authority,” Kirby mentioned. “We don’t imagine in a discount within the measurement of Gaza … we don’t wish to see a pressured displacement of Palestinians out of Gaza and we actually don’t wish to see Gaza dominated or dominated by Hamas.”
Gaza to be run by 'native officers'
The struggle in Gaza has revived worldwide calls – together with from Israel's important supporter, america – for the so-called two-state answer as the final word objective to resolve the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian battle. Nevertheless, many senior Israeli politicians oppose the creation of a Palestinian state.
Whereas in Gaza, Netanyahu's plan emphasised that the struggle will proceed till Israel has achieved all its acknowledged targets: the dismantling of navy capabilities and infrastructure operated by Hamas and Islamic Jihad; the return of all of the prisoners taken on October 7; and the elimination of all safety threats emanating from Gaza.
The enclave will then be run by “native officers” who should not linked to “nations or entities that assist terrorism.”
Commenting on the plan, Al Jazeera's senior political analyst Marwan Bishara mentioned the identification of those officers was unknown.
“We don't know who I’m, him [Netanyahu] don't know but… i don't suppose they exist. There have been makes an attempt within the Nineteen Seventies and Eighties to create such entities among the many Palestinians and it failed in a short while,” he mentioned.
It’s nonetheless unclear whether or not representatives of the Palestinian Authority (PA) can be concerned in controlling Gaza.
Reporting from occupied East Jerusalem, Al Jazeera's Hamdah Salhut highlighted that, in his draft plan, Netanyahu didn’t point out the position of the PA.
“Is it [Netanyahu] He didn't say this formally in his plan, however he used a broader terminology in all probability to achieve a consensus amongst his right-wing authorities,” he mentioned.
“Keep in mind that the Israeli prime minister is beneath immense stress from the Individuals who wish to see a revitalized PA to take over as soon as the struggle is over. However Netanyahu has been quietly challenged to go in and take again Gaza,” he mentioned. added Salhut.
The Israeli prime minister's plan additionally outlined demilitarization and deradicalization as medium-term targets to be achieved in Gaza. He didn’t clarify when this intermediate stage would start or how lengthy it could final, however he mentioned that “the Israeli military will indefinitely preserve the liberty to intervene in Gaza to forestall the resurgence of terror actions.”
It additionally proposes that Israel have a presence on the Gaza-Egypt border within the south of the enclave and says that Israel ought to cooperate with Egypt and america in that space to forestall smuggling makes an attempt, together with on the Rafah crossing .
Plans for the closure of UNRWA
Lastly, Netanyahu's plan additionally says that the UN reduction company for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, can be closed.
Israel has lengthy tried to eradicate the UN company, which enshrines the suitable of Palestinian refugees to return house. Israel has not too long ago made claims that UNRWA has ties to Hamas, a declare that the physique has fiercely denied, and that US intelligence assessments have referred to as into query, based on reviews.
Tamara Alrifai, director of exterior relations and communications of UNRWA informed Al Jazeera that makes an attempt to eliminate UNRWA needs to be seen alongside efforts to take away the longer term prospect of a Palestinian state, emphasizing the visualization of Netanyahu of a map of Israel that included the occupied West Financial institution. Gaza, and occupied East Jerusalem throughout a speech on the UN Common Meeting in September.
“A map that features and encompasses all of the Palestinian territories the place UNRWA works. It doesn't look like a coincidence to me,” he mentioned.
In keeping with Al Jazeera's Bishara, this plan will not be official and it’s the one which Netanyahu is floating to the cupboard, with a view to filter it to the media and do many different issues.
“First there’s that method in direction of his personal base. He tells his radicals within the authorities and the general public that he stays agency … Second, I believe it’s fairly silly to be trustworthy, as a result of we all know that the Israelis have tried this. [plan to take control of Gaza in some form or the other] earlier than and it by no means labored,” Bishara mentioned.
“Lastly, it’s [the plan] she is so sadistic. We’re in the midst of the fifth month of genocide in opposition to the Palestinian individuals. Nevertheless, the Israeli prime minister insists that they continue to be in management… this type of sadism is unprecedented.”
