The launch of the Iranian missile "Pawa 351"/Iranian News Agency
They certainly did not ask for it, but in their air blitz attack, the Iranians placed a new opportunity at Israel's doorstep. The coalition that acted on the night of the attack to prevent damage to Israel out of a desire for stability in the Gaza Strip, can outline the horizon for the Gaza Strip the day after the destruction of Hamas.
The Iranian attack created a significant front of the Western countries alongside the Emirates and the moderate Arab countries. Israel can see the responsibility that Saudi Arabia and Jordan have taken upon themselves to fight the Iranians , as those to whom the reins in the Gaza Strip can be transferred and take responsibility for the functioning of the Gaza Strip, in order to prevent the continuation of Hamas rule in the Gaza Strip today and the day after.
"When it is written in Chinese, the word crisis consists of two signs, one symbolizing tragedy and one symbolizing opportunity," US President John Kennedy said in the past. On the one hand, we can see the incident with the Iranians as a tragedy because something in Israel's deterrence was shattered. On the other hand, the fact that Saudi Arabia , which constantly calls for a cease-fire in Gaza, came out strongly against the Iranian conduct, and the fact that Jordan, whose queen condemns the IDF's activities in Gaza all over the world, practically shot down drones and cruise missiles aimed at Israel shows that these countries behave responsibly and above all seek regional stability Their
partnership in the coalition that stood by Israel in the attack to thwart the achievements of their number one enemy, Iran, creates an opportunity to mobilize them into the vacuum that will be created in the Gaza Strip, into which Israel is in no way prepared to put the Palestinian Authority
. Both by airdropping equipment and food and by transporting trucks. For its part, Saudi Arabia seeks to strengthen its international position and strengthen ties with Western countries in order to be better able to deal with the Iranian threat. Should the political echelon in Israel now decide to see the events of the night of April 14th as an opportunity, then holding a political summit of all the coalition countries that night and marking the next sovereign in the Gaza Strip, could both generate legitimacy for Israeli action in Rafah, and also give breathing space to the elimination of Hamas in all its battalions. It will be much clearer what will happen to the population of Gaza, who are currently seeing the suffering and destruction coming from there that are holding back Israel's progress towards absolute victory.
In a recent interview given by the US ambassador to Israel, Jacob Lu, he stated that in the US's view, one of the goals of October 7, which was aimed at Iran, was to thwart and harm the normalization efforts between Israel and Saudi Arabia led by President Biden. Hamas also wanted to put the Palestinian issue on the agenda after it was pushed to the sidelines in the discussions surrounding the agreement. Therefore, if Israel were to formulate a military-political plan, according to which it would operate in Rafah, damage the Hamas oxygen pipeline in the Philadelphia area, destroy the last strongholds of Hamas and its battalions, when a Saudi-Jordanian-Emirati coalition led by the United States receives the reins of civilian control in the Strip, it You will be able to move towards normalization with Saudi Arabia to the satisfaction of the US.
There is no denying that Israel will have to act in the near future against Iran, but before it is the challenge of the Gaza Strip, if only for the sake of the abductees whose time is running out. It was precisely the Iranian aggression that brought Israel back into the bosom of the Western countries and the Sunni countries. But this is for a very short and limited period. Do not go to Israel to procrastinate. She must mobilize the coalition that stood by her side and suggest that she continue the line that strives for stability in the Middle East. They stopped Iran, now they have to stop its southern branch, Hamas.
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner is the head of Shurat Hadin organization which fights for Israel in the legal arena and is the author of the bestseller "Harpon".