JERUSALEM (VINnews) — On Monday, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu claimed that Israel will not relinquish the strategic Philadelphi corridor, stressing that if Israel were to withdraw it would not be able to return, and that the corridor had served as the major source of Hamas weapons and terrorist activities.
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Opponents of Netanyahu, including Benny Gantz and Gadi Aizenkot, claimed in response that his intransigence regarding the corridor basically ended negotiations and could spell a death sentence for the remaining hostages. They added that Netanyahu himself had authorized large-scale transfers of funds to Hamas, as well as allowing materials which could be used for differing purposes to enter Gaza. It was also claimed that Netanyahu had not opposed the transfer of the Philadelphi corridor to Egypt during the 2005 disengagement, and had not even planned to reach Philadelphi in the current war.
Israeli journalist Amit Segal searched the archives and found clear proof that Bibi himself had consistently warned even in 2004 against withdrawing from Philadelphi, stating that this could endanger “Ashdod and Ashkelon” (as it eventually did). Bibi was mocked and scorned both by Shimon Peres and by then Prime Minister Sharon, but he voted against the withdrawal from Philadelphi.
שרון לפני ההתנתקות: “פעולה נחרצת מצד המצרים למניעת הברחת נשק בייחוד דרך המנהרות מציר פילדלפי, עשוייה להבטיח פינוי חלק ושקט יותר מעזה. הפסקת ההתחמשות הפלסטינית בעזה תוך פעילות מצרית אמיתית ורחבה למניעת הברחות הנשק, תאפשר לישראל יציאה גם מציר פילדלפי ותקטין התלות הפלסטינית בישראל” pic.twitter.com/fKs0D7Dek3
— גבע ברין Geva Brin (@GevaBrin) August 14, 2024
Sharon declaring that he relies on Egypt to prevent Hamas in Gaza
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ההצבעה בכנסת על הנסיגה מציר פילדלפי ב2005 לאחר פרישת נתניהו מהממשלה ובניגוד להבטחות שרון להישאר שם
שבה שמעון פרס צורח על נתניהו :תפסיק להבהיל את העם… pic.twitter.com/6EETwUAREZ— 🍒 דודו-דודי 🟠 וְר֥וּחַ נָ֝כ֗וֹן חַדֵּ֥שׁ 🟩 (@DwdBw) September 2, 2024
Peres ridicules Netanyahu’s concerns : “Stop scaring the nation”
מסיבת העיתונאים אתמול הציתה שוב את הויכוח על נתניהו ועמדתו בהתנתקות. הנה כל הראיות שיסייעו לכם להכריע pic.twitter.com/s54emwTSM5
— עמית סגל (@amit_segal) September 3, 2024
Amit Segal presents Netanyahu’s votes regarding disengagement: He resigned the finance ministry and voted against the project, stating his concerns of a possible Hamas offensive “We are not reinforcing the Western Negev, Ashkelon and Ashdod for nothing.”
There is no right wing in the Israeli politics. Likud is regular left, those to the left of Likud are suicidal left, only Ben Gvir is a centrist.
If Israel leaves the Gaza /Egyptian border, they can prepare for an other Oct. 7
I think what happened in the past is a mute point. As MYA pointed out there were definitely times when Bibi was too soft on Hamas. But whats important is that people learn from their mistakes. Even if in 2005 it was thought that giving back the phllidelphia corridor made sense, or that strengthening hamas at the expense of the PA made sense, now its no longer the case. The same with prisoner exchanges. I am no fan of Bibi. But I think Oct 7 has knocked his arrogance and he has learned from his mistakes.
Bitter experience seems to indicate that Netanyahu is right. experience is the only way humans can base their decisions on. Unless Biden and company are divine which I will not disreguard then we will follow their advice against our better judgement. if that is the case we can start anew faith called Bidentianity
I will be applyling for a tax exempt status from the IRS.
bibi did not do much to prevent the disengagement
BB BS. During the interim 20 years, he released Sinwar and arranged for hundreds of millions of financing for Hamas.