...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
City, Channel 12 reports without citing any sources.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel wants local Paleostinian community leaders who are not affiliated with either Hamas or the Paleostinian Authority to take over the governance of Gaza after the war.
Channel 12 says Zeitoun will serve as a pilot program for this effort, adding that IDF officials have already met with a group of unnamed Paleostinian community leaders who will be tasked with governing the area.
Analysts have expressed heavy skepticism of this effort, noting the likelihood that any Paleostinian community leaders seen openly and unilaterally cooperating with Israel will quickly be delegitimized and possibly find their lives at risk. They point to a similar effort that was advanced by the US after it invaded Iraq two decades ago only to backfire.
While many in the security establishment believe that the PA should be tasked with leading the governmental effort, the IDF is under direction from Netanyahu’s office not to formally draft any plans for post-war governance in Gaza that involve the PA and accordingly have been left with the framework that they’re currently trying to advance in Zeitoun, officials have told The Times of Israel.
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