The Israeli Prime Minister's Office issued a statement on the evening of February 22 saying that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu submitted a proposal for post-war arrangements in Gaza to the Security Cabinet for consideration. Under this programme, the Israeli army will continue its military operations in the Gaza Strip until its objectives are achieved, namely, the destruction of the military forces and infrastructure of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Jihad), the release of the detained Israelis and the prevention of continued threats against Israel from the Gaza Strip. In addition, Israel will maintain freedom of movement throughout the Gaza Strip indefinitely after the war.
With Israel's formal proposal for post-war management in the Gaza Strip and the latest progress made in the Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire talks, has the current round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict come to an end? Let's take a look at the interpretation of Niu Xinchun, a professor at the China Institute of Arab Studies at Ningxia University.
Israel's post-war management plan for Gaza is unrealistic.
Niu Xinchun, professor at the China Institute of Arab States Studies at Ningxia University: This is the first time that Israel has formally proposed a post-war management method in Gaza since the conflict broke out in the Gaza Strip for more than four months, but the content of this method shows that the conflict in the Gaza Strip is unlikely to end soon in the coming period. Because, according to this content, the conditions that Israel is now proposing are particularly high, and the likelihood that the post-war administration of the Gaza Strip will be able to achieve these objectives is very low.
Niu Xinchun, professor at the China Institute of Arab Studies at Ningxia University: According to the current content, in order to implement the post-war management of the Gaza Strip, Israel must first completely eliminate Hamas, destroy the Hamas regime, and crush the Hamas army, and then talk about other issues. So whether this can be achieved or not is now a big question. Second, Israel needs to implement the so-called deradicalization of the entire Gaza region, so that Israel must strictly control the educational, religious and social institutions in the Gaza Strip before it can begin its deradicalization, let alone whether it can completely achieve deradicalization. Thirdly, Israel has proposed to be responsible for the security affairs of Gaza after the war for an indefinite period of time, which simply means that Israeli troops will be stationed in Gaza or the borders of the Gaza Strip for a long time, and the Israeli army can enter the Gaza Strip and take military action anytime and anywhere. Fourthly, as is now proposed, Israel will establish zones of separation, or no man's land, in the north and east of the Gaza Strip. Between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, Israel also wants to control the border between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, which would shrink the territory of the Gaza Strip, which is contrary to the demands of the people of the Gaza Strip and the Palestinians, and even the United States. Finally, Israel demands that the post-war administration of Gaza be run by Gaza natives, and by Gaza natives who have no connection to Hamas, and this is also very difficult to implement, because the emotions between Israel and the local people in Gaza are extremely antagonistic. It is difficult to choose a local organization in the Gaza Strip that supports Israel to manage it.
Niu Xinchun, professor at the China Institute of Arab Studies at Ningxia University: Therefore, the conditions that Israel is now putting forward not only do not conform to the wishes of the people in the Gaza Strip and the surrounding Arab countries, but also fall far short of the demands put forward by the United States.