Biden Seeks To Buffalo Israel Into Letting the Palestinian Authority Rule Gaza
Israelis scoff at the idea that the Authority’s record of corruption and weak security forces merit a mandate to govern Gaza.
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Mahmoud Abbas to Gaza? As Israel fights for its life, President Biden increasingly beseeches Israel to think of the “day after.” Yet Washington’s vision of that future is filled with outdated clichés that do little to address post-October 7 Middle East realities. Administration officials admit that Hamas can no longer rule the Gaza strip. Yet they warn Israel against “reoccupation.” Instead, their candidate to take future control is the Palestinian Authority.
“It is clear that Israel cannot occupy Gaza,” Secretary Blinken said at Tokyo today. East Asia is his latest stop in an endless world tour, where he is yet to express a coherent American position on the war. The dreaded “O” word is the latest of his misunderstanding of Israel’s intentions. Prime Minister Netanayahu said on NBC this week that Israel will have to maintain a security presence in the strip for an “indefinite period.”
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