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The war in Gaza is being used as the perfect smokescreen to finalise old colonial plans in the West Bank, argues RAMZY BAROUD
A Palestinian films a torched vehicle, seen the morning after a rampage by Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Jit, Friday August 16 2024

PROMISES of “absolute victory” in Gaza are nothing but “gibberish,” according to Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Gallant’s comments were not meant to be public, but somehow were leaked and published by Israeli media on August 12. 

The explanation of why Benjamin Netanyahu is pursuing a losing war in Gaza has been largely confined to the prime minister’s personal interests: avoiding the outcome of his corruption trials, preserving his extremist government coalition and avoiding early elections. 

Still, none of these rationales explain the absurdity of continuing with a war which, in the words of former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, is “the worst failure in Israel’s history.”

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