In the document, Israel states strongly that it will reject any solution imposed by the international community.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally unveiled Israel's plans for the Gaza Strip, but worryinglyHe submitted a formal proposal to the War Cabinet that was in direct contradiction to American goals.
The one-page document was released overnight by Netanyahu's office. The document makes no mention of any role of the Palestinian Authority and refuses to recognize the unilateral international steps of the Palestinian State.
Biden wants to see the Palestinian Authority take over control of Gaza, Hamas's rival in the West Bank.
The plan also mentions,Israel is expected to establish a sizable security buffer zone within the besieged enclave, an outcome that the United States has made clear its opposition.
The document, titled "The Day After Hamas Principles," is the first official distillation of Netanyahu's previous statement on the issue, while vaguely worded and appeals to Netanyahu's right-wing political base at home. It is unclear whether the wartime cabinet was asked to vote on this.
The document, which divides Gaza's future into three phases, short, medium and long-term, makes it clear that Israel will continue its long-term blockade of the area and intends to remain involved in civilian issues, from how the local police operate to what schools and mosques teach in predominantly Sunni Muslim areas.
Israel's closest allies, the United States and the European Union, have been pushing for a different post-war plan that envisages a relatively secular Palestinian Authority led by Mahmoud Abbas to take over control and lay the groundwork for negotiations on the eventual establishment of a Palestinian state. Twenty years ago, this institution was overthrown by Hamas.
Netanyahu released the plan immediately after the US Middle East envoy left Israel, and the United States has not yet publicly commented on the document.
On February 22, local time, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said when attending the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilA clear political vision of Palestinian statehood is a sine qua non for peace, and Israel cannot have a "veto" on the issue of Palestinian statehood
Borrell said the crisis in the Gaza Strip has spread to the West Bank. Borrell previously stressed that on the Palestinian-Israeli issue, all parties have reached a consensus on the need for a "two-state solution" political settlement of the conflict.
According to the Gaza health department, Israeli actions have caused at least 290,000 Palestinians have died, most of them women and children, and there has been extensive destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure. The total death toll is estimated to be much higher, with thousands buried in the rubble.
Israeli authorities say Israel is now in its fourth month of war after launching a cross-border attack on October 7 last year that killed 1,200 people and took more than 240 people hostage.
In the medium term, Israel will create a "security zone" in the Gaza Strip along its entire border. It also intends to create a "security flank" or barrier above and below ground along the border with Egypt to prevent smuggling and strengthen land, sea and air control over the Gaza Strip, the document said. In addition, Israel will allow only the ** presence necessary for the "maintenance of public order".
Any reconstruction of the destroyed Gaza Strip will be postponed until an unspecified date, at which point Israel considers its military objectives to be complete.
This will indefinitely postpone the planned return of more than 1 million Palestinians to the Gaza Strip. Displaced from the northern Gaza Strip, these people are seeking refuge in the south near the Rafah crossing, and many are sleeping in sprawling "tent cities".
The document indicates,Israel intends to choose who will be allowed to lead the reconstruction of Gazaand will carry out a comprehensive deradicalization program in all religious education and social institutions in the Gaza Strip with the participation and assistance of Arab countries.
Israel will also work to close the 75-year-old United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Near East (UNRWA) and replace it with a "responsible international aid organization." UNRWA is the main UN agency that provides aid to about 5 million Palestinians and employs about 130,000 people.
Israel accused at least 12 UNRWA staff members of involvement in the attack of 7 October last year and claimed that more than 10 per cent of UNRWA staff members were members of Hamas or the Palestinian National Alliance.
In the long run,The document rejects any internationally imposed settlement, including the prospect of recognizing a Palestinian state, but leaves open the possibility of direct negotiations on a "final status agreement". That's Israel's name for the long-running peace talks sparked by the Oslo accords that Netanyahu has put on hold for more than a decade. The document states:
"Israel's total rejection of the international community's directives on a final decision can only be reached in direct negotiations between the parties without preconditions. ”