Gaza _ Palestine News Network
Israeli military analysts on Sunday warned that the earlier general elections for the Knesset would affect Israel´s front with the Gaza Strip, especially as Israeli public opinion supports an aggression against the sector and is not satisfied with the performance of the Israeli prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for not expanding The aggression last week, according to polls published in Israeli media on Friday.
The military analyst in the newspaper "Yediot Aharonot", Alex Fishman, wrote that "Hamas balance is over. This is the atmosphere today at least in the general staff. If Hamas chooses to deteriorate again, for whatever reason, the security situation along the sector´s borders, the army is ready to attack within a few minutes, not hours or days. Nor will there be lengthy ´ clarifications ´ of issues such as who fired and where: The Israeli army´s plan, which has been ready and reviewed in front of the capinet in recent weeks, will be implemented. "
"These are the instructions that the Israeli Army command broadcasts to the army, and these appear to be its recommendations to the government," Fishman said. On the reasons for spreading these threats now, Fishman pointed out that he had to "not listen to the Israeli leadership but to the mood of the Israeli public: The laws have changed, not because of our interests, but because Israel is going to elections. The election period calls not only for verbal bombs but also for military explosives. Not only in the Gaza front.
The recent round of fighting between Israel and the Palestinian factions in the first half of last week, followed by ceasefire understandings and the resumption of talks on pacification, has accelerated the early elections in Israel, contrary to Netanyahu´s wish, as it now appears. The Minister of Security, Avigdor Lieberman, resigned because of his opposition to the cease-fire and pacification, and Minister Nafreet Bennett put a warning to Netanyahu: either the Ministry of Security or the election. Netanyahu refused to give the cabinet portfolio to Bennett.
Polls have also shown that Netanyahu´s popularity has declined, and that the majority of Israelis are not satisfied with his performance, especially his approval of the ceasefire, while the residents of the "Gaza cover" staged demonstrations, the latest in Tel Aviv, and received wide media coverage, although the participants did not exceed 1,000 people.
In the run-up to elections, politicians in Israel are becoming more and more homogeneous with the public opinion shown in the polls. In this background, Fisha wrote: "When they talk about compromises, ranging from shelling real estate to an all-out war, the assassination of the Hamas leadership is immediately apparent.
The military recommended at the previous government meeting to wait, as the political leadership wants Hamas´s rule to continue to be weak in the sector, and here the question arises: what is the rationale for liquidating leadership and risking chaos? Assassinations are not only a deterrent step, but a kind of call for a comprehensive confrontation. "
The military analyst of the newspaper "Ha´aretz ", Amos Harel, also saw that the election was "diminishing the manoeuvring space with Netanyahu´s hands. The trap of Gaza, which has long been after Netanyahu and has now caused the early dismantling of his coalition, would increase the seriousness of the situation against the backdrop of the elections. "
Harel added that the trap in which Netanyahu was "getting worse because the restraint he was allowing himself, with difficulty, when his government was relatively stable, became more difficult to apply in the election competition period, while his rivals, right and left, surrounded him and criticized him. A complete settlement with Hamas would be described by its opponents as another surrender to terrorism. The continuation of the status quo means rocket attacks, with a variety of arguments, once every few weeks, and panic and anger in the Gaza cover towns are being pursued throughout the electoral battle. Netanyahu reserves a war with Hamas, fearing that it will be prolonged, causing human losses and not achieving its stated goals. "
