The deal to release fifty abductees, or a little more, is happening because Hamas is making a supreme effort to divert Israel from carrying out its military plan to eliminate him. The events reveal the duality in the entire functioning of the State of Israel.
Netanyahu to ministers at start of Cabinet meeting: "We have before us a difficult but correct decision - we have before us an improved outline" // GPO
On the one hand, Israel is a sovereign state with the IDF, which proves itself to be an excellent army that fulfills the mission of destroying terrorists. This is how a sovereign state behaves that knows how to operate its army. If we hadn't brought the IDF into a difficult and complicated ground operation and seen results, we wouldn't have had a revival.
Difficult decision
But on the other hand, Israel still functions as the "community committee." She is still negotiating with Eichmann in Budapest to rescue a kidnapped group in a problematic version of merchandise for blood. The goods are diesel trucks, condemned prisoners and respite in days of fighting.
But there is no government in Israel that does not become, under given pressure, a community committee. The crucial point is how to get out of the trap of days of respite. The government and the War Cabinet must determine a point in time when the IDF returns to fighting in full force.
There have been lulls in Israel's wars in the past, both in the War of Independence and in the First Lebanon War.
Counting on the days of respite to create international pressure. Sinwar, photo: AFP
The weak point in the current deal lies in the mechanism that allows Hamas to take control of the time dimension: to suddenly "locate" more abductees and cause Israel to extend the lull. Hamas's calculation is that at this point, of creating a transition from pause to the end of the fighting, the Islamo-Nazi organization has partners – both within Israel, but mainly in the world.
Yahya Sinwar and his gang are counting on the fact that the days of truce will create heavy international pressure, led by the United States and the United Nations, to reach a ceasefire. Guterres and his UN officials will be happy to allow Hamas to extract victory from the jaws of defeat that the IDF is inflicting on him.
The test - back to the original plan
The test for Prime Minister Netanyahu and the rest of Israel's leadership will be to return the war to its original plans. Do not be tempted; not to give in to international pressure; Not to continue the truce to one that will leave Hamas in place.
There is a high probability that even when Israel reaches the point of a clear victory in the Gaza Strip, a gang calling itself Hamas will emerge with a group of Israeli abductees in its hands, as human shields.
The extended cabinet meeting, photo: Haim Tzach, GPO
But even when the deal is accompanied by a certain sense of humiliation, you have to remember the alternative.
The decision by Prime Minister Netanyahu and the War Cabinet to begin the ground operation in Gaza three and a half weeks ago was difficult as Saul. It will be remembered as one of the toughest decisions ever made by an Israeli government. It would not have been accepted without Netanyahu's leadership and without the tremendous pressure from below, from the soldiers and senior commanders of the IDF.
The bet that the military action will also lead to an outcome on the release of the hostages now seems to be paying off. But the great goal remains, and the government must stick to it: the destruction of Hamas, militarily and governmentally.
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