INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Netanyahu, however, seems to heed neither the lessons of history nor the wisdom of such folk sayings.By leading a vilification campaign
the Palestinians in the Strip.By targeting Egypt, Israel aims to project an image of prowess, and that it is unafraid to confront the most
Yet, in doing so, it inadvertently exposes its own weaknesses
At the time, his relentless climb to greater heights seemed justified
His Global South diplomacy was reversing decades of Israeli isolation, and his success in gaining international recognition without paying a
significant political price earned him immense popularity at home, and he kept winning election after election.His latest extreme right-wing
coalition secured a comfortable majority in the Knesset, facing little pushback
The extremists were poised to transform Israel from within, reconfigure the region and, with the usual unconditional support from the United
war against the Palestinians, killing and wounding over 160,000, mainly women and children, over 15 months
agenda, became a wanted criminal when the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him on November 21, 2024, while his
country faces investigations by the International Court of Justice for the crime of genocide.Yet Netanyahu climbed even higher, doubling
He insisted on continuing the war in Gaza, maintaining a military presence in Lebanon, and carrying out frequent and massive bombing
Gaza, which has also cost Israel unprecedented losses and casualties
Meanwhile, the divisions among the political and military elites are deepening
against Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, but also against Egypt
In fact, Egypt, which is not a party to the war and has been one of three mediators in ceasefire talks, has become the primary target of
factor in the Israeli war on Gaza
which Israel has a peace treaty, remember.The idea of taking over the Philadelphi corridor separating the city of Rafah in southern Gaza
from the Egyptian border, was first floated by extremist Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich
Others, including Netanyahu himself, soon began parroting the same words
In the media, the language took an even more foreboding turn, with some accusing Egypt of arming Hamas, or of not doing enough to stop the
flow of weapons to the Palestinian resistance movement.When Egypt rejected Israeli accusations and refused to accommodate the occupation
the Palestinian population of Gaza.To some extent, Netanyahu has succeeded in making Egypt part of the conversation on Gaza.With US
President Donald Trump proposing repeatedly the displacement of Palestinians and the takeover of Gaza, the Israeli leader felt that,
On February 25, Lapid proposed at a conference in Washington that Cairo should oversee the Strip for a number of years.While Palestinians,
Arabs and others reacted angrily to the Israel-US ethnic cleansing schemes, few paid attention to the fact that, historically, Israel has
never sought permission to ethnically cleanse Palestinians
This was as true during the 1948 Nakba as it is today
and threats aside, Israel finds itself in a more vulnerable position than at any point in its history
It is clear that it is now using the Arabs to mask its own vulnerabilities
And although the monkey continues to climb, his tail has never been exposed as much as it is today.Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the
