After his failure to form a government and his defeat in Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa, what does Netanyahu want from Gaza?

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, chose the escalation against the Palestinians in Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa and the war on the Gaza Strip, to export his internal crises that can be summarized in his trial on corruption charges, and his failure to form a government, and in an effort to thwart the attempts of the “mass change”, headed by Yair Lapid, to form a government and topple with it.

Amid the complications of negotiations to assign Netanyahu to form the government, and the complexities of the talks that reached a dead end, due to the intransigence of the “religious Zionism” coalition that refuses to form any Israeli Zionist government with Arab support, even from abroad, Netanyahu has fabricated the Damascus Gate crisis in Old Jerusalem, in an attempt to reduce the repercussions of the crisis Judging his political future. Read also Thank you letters to the supporters of Congress … the Jewish lobby and the Israeli embassy mobilize to justify the occupation’s attacks on the PalestiniansThe book “The Struggle with Zionism” .. Stories of “dissidents” opposed to Israel Confrontations in Al-Aqsa and Sheikh Jarrah .. Will Netanyahu pay the price for postponing any solutions with the Palestinians?

Analysts and politicians linked Netanyahu’s failure to form the government and escalation in Jerusalem, Al-Aqsa and Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, and his attempt to create an emergency that would enable him to remain in the prime ministerial chair for a longer period, thwarting the camp opposing him from forming any alternative government, and seeking to use the time to go to the fifth elections.

With the continuation of the political impasse, the renewed hearing of the testimonies of prosecution witnesses in the files of corruption, and the expiration of the assignment period without Netanyahu succeeding in forming a government, the Prime Minister of the transitional government escalated the battle in Jerusalem, after the occupation police retreated and made concessions at the Damascus Gate and removed the iron barriers after 12 days of confrontations .

In an attempt to win over the extreme right to his side and delegitimize any alternative government that relies on the support of the Arab lists, Netanyahu moved the files to evacuate 8 families from Sheikh Jarrah to establish a settlement neighborhood, and pushed for unprecedented incursions by the occupation forces into Al-Aqsa squares in preparation for the mass incursions of settlers into the Sharif Mosque and a march. The right and the flags “on the occasion of the so-called” unification of Jerusalem “day.

With the progress of the “Change Bloc” negotiations and the signs of forming an alternative government based on a partnership between the right, center, and left Zionist parties, analysts agree that Netanyahu found himself in a real impasse, which would cost him his future and end his political career in the dock.

In light of the setbacks, the concessions at the Damascus Gate, and the temporary retreat from the evacuation of the landowners from the Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, according to the decision of the Attorney General, Avichai Mandelblit, Netanyahu hit the drums of the war on Gaza, as a bet card to ensure alignment around his transitional government and an obstacle to forming a government Alternative

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Escalation and concessions

Adam Clare, spokesman for the Peace Now bloc, believes that “there is some connection between Netanyahu’s crises in the courts, forming the government and escalating with the Palestinians,” pointing out that the more conditions for Netanyahu become and the fewer his chances of remaining in the prime minister, he chooses to export these crises with the Palestinians in Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa and Sheikh Jarrah. And he is ready to start a war on condition that an alternative government is not formed and he is not overthrown.

In his speech to Al-Jazeera Net, Claire confirms that Netanyahu provoked the events and escalation in Jerusalem and the West Bank and even sparked a war on Gaza and attacks on (Palestinians) Arab citizens inside for his personal benefit, after his chances of forming a government declined. On the other hand, the “Change Bloc” parties from the various camps and political currents went towards solid understandings to form a government alternating between Lapid and Naftali Bennett.

A spokesman for the Peace Now bloc explained that Netanyahu adopted the scorched-earth policy in the political scene in the past two years, as he “deliberately deepened the rift between Arabs and Jews, and went on to incite the Arabs to ensure that he would remain in the leadership of the Likud party and prime minister.” A threat to him, even inside the right-wing camp.

He adds that Netanyahu always “initiates wars or military campaigns that are at the heart of national security, in order to create a state of fear and panic among the Israelis, and at this stage and with his failure to form a government, and the possibility of the opposing camp succeeding in overthrowing him and forming an alternative government, he heads to war on Gaza.” After his failure to escalate in Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa, it is not unlikely that if he fails off Gaza, he will again brandish the Iranian nuclear scarecrow. “

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Crises and complications

For his part, political analyst Akiva Eldar says, “The events that Netanyahu created in Jerusalem that came during the height of the complexities of the electoral scene, and the negotiations to form the government between the Jewish parties and political camps, it was clear that they could be reflected in the political impasse and the crisis of forming the government, after Netanyahu failed to employ The events of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa were for his personal benefit. “

He explained to Al-Jazeera Net that the scenes of police storming the sanctuary squares, stomping their feet on prayer rugs and throwing sound bombs, will have a worse effect on the image of the situation and the status of Israel globally. Noting that this did not achieve his goals for Netanyahu, and therefore he employed the escalation of scenes of repeated incursions into Al-Aqsa and attacks on worshipers in an unprecedented state, in his attempt to mix the cards and prevent the progress of negotiations to form an alternative government and to push for Israel to be drawn to the fifth elections.

The political analyst believes that Netanyahu, who is facing challenges and living in a state of political confusion, has not hesitated to create a state of emergency and tamper with national security in order to ensure that he remains on the chair and the parties and public opinion around him line up under the pretext of the imminent security risks, and the files of negotiations to form the government will be deported and any attempt to overthrow him. Especially since the events in Jerusalem caused a backlash by the government offering concessions to the protesters in Bab al-Amoud and Al-Aqsa, and the temporary withdrawal from the eviction of Sheikh Jarrah.

Eldar believes that Netanyahu, after showing that Israel is not the owner of full sovereignty over Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa, chose the war on Gaza to achieve some political gains, albeit temporary, the most important of which is preventing Lapid and Bennett from forming an alternative government based on the Joint List and the United List, and delegitimizing any A government like this.