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For Israel, the Americans want Netanyahu gone. Sullivan even met with opposition leader Benny Gantz on Thursday.
Benjamin Netanyahu's statements about Gaza have created a gap between the US and Israel, which seems to be widening day by day.
During a conference on Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected, again, a two-state solution and insisted that Israel will have permanent security control in Gaza.
This statement undermined the alliance through which America is supporting Israel's military operation in Gaza.
The Biden administration has consistently framed its support for Israel as supporting its right to self-defense by eliminating Hamas in order to create a sustainable path to two states.
America's National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, who visited Israel, stated that America wants to establish a Palestinian-led security structure in Gaza when the war ends, and to create a "two-state solution" soon after that.
A senior US administration official said Thursday, after Sullivan's meeting with Netanyahu, that there are a number of security personnel affiliated with the Palestinian Authority who may be able to provide some sort of "nucleus" in many months after the general military campaign, but this is something that is being discussed with the Palestinians and with the Israelis and with regional partners.
Signs of US-Israel rift over Gaza
The official also repeatedly insisted that President Biden's view was that the only option for the future was a two-state solution with the creation of a Palestinian state in Gaza and the West Bank.
For Biden, the US vision is the kind of future everyone wants to see, the creation of a Palestinian people and a two-state solution.
And yet this weekend, not only has the Israeli prime minister praised his efforts to prevent a Palestinian state over the years, he insists that Israel will have permanent security control over Gaza.
He repeatedly repeats the messages that his ministers and ambassadors have issued over the years, rejecting the two-state solution.
But at the very moment when American support is needed, and where it is important that the messages from the Israeli government match that at the head of the American government, Netanyahu is choosing to be provocatively in opposition.
New leaders
Ultimately, US policy relies on an urgent change at the top of the Israeli and Palestinian leadership.
For Israel, the Americans want Netanyahu gone. Sullivan even met with opposition leader Benny Gantz on Thursday.
Netanyahu will surely do everything he can to stay, primarily to avoid the failures that led to the October 7 nightmare. He would even be happy to see his old friend Donald Trump back in the White House. And so the master of political maneuvering will try to stay.
What about the Palestinians? Well, the Americans talk about a "revitalized Palestinian Authority" capable of running Gaza. What they actually mean by this is the removal of the "aging" and deeply unpopular Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas. They want a younger and more visionary leader to replace him. But who and how?
The price for peace
Israelis are likely to focus more on "the day after" ending the war in Gaza after they have demonstrated some strategic success on the battlefield.
Israeli forces have leveled the Gaza Strip and about 20,000 people have died. But the leadership of Hamas remains free and unmoved. Netanyahu needs an "award" so he can bring back the brutal war.
But the longer the war drags on, the harder it is for Israel to control Gaza. With the shock and pain of the last 70 days, reconciliation and coexistence feel more remote than ever for this region. /Adapted Pamphlet from Sky News
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