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To: Les H who wrote (43694)	9/27/2024 10:51:42 AM
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Analysis \| Netanyahu's New York Trip Is Another Opportunity for Israel to Miss an Opportunity Israel has the chance to entirely change the national situation from the past year – but that is something the old Netanyahu would have done ¦ After the procrastinating and quibbling, now Netanyahu is back to his old tricks and taking credit were it isn't due ¦ The prime minister's New York schedule has its own rules. And why Isaac Amit drives Yariv Levin crazy Yossi Verter, Haaretz Israel's impressive achievements in Lebanon, from the exploding pagers and walkie-talkies (according to foreign sources) and targeted killings to the air force strikes against Hezbollah missiles and launchers, has brought some color back into the cheeks of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This is his Six-Day War, with the added bonus that the hostages have been moved off center stage. "We don't wait for the threat, we anticipate it," he boasted. In a flash, nearly a year of non-stop Hezbollah attacks and the evacuation of 60,000-70,000 Israelis living on the border has become history. Anticipate it? It depends on how you look at the situation. More than seven months ago, on February 15, Gadi Eisenkot, then a member of the war cabinet, sent a letter to Netanyahu entitled: "The lack of conclusive decision-making in the war." In the letter's paragraph 6 (3), Eisenkot addressed the conflict with Hezbollah. Under the heading: "Underestimating the threat and taking unreasonable risks for a turnaround," he recommended calling a cease-fire in Gaza, striving for a negotiated agreement and at the same time "moving the weight of gravity to the north and preparing an appropriate military response." Netanyahu ignored the advice, as he ignored similar pleadings by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and then Minister Benny Gantz. Instead of doing the right thing in January, February, March, April or even May – to reach a cease-fire agreement and bring home the hostages – he continued to talk emptily of "total victory." When Gantz demanded in April that the government commit to starting the school year in the north on September 1, Netanyahu responded by asking what was so sacred about that date. Today, he uploads two videos daily promising to "safely" return the northern border's residents to their homes, as if he planned something all along. After all, if there had been no compelling reason to conduct the bombing operations across Lebanon, the air force would not have attacked on Monday morning. As has been the case since October 8, everything that has been done is devoid of strategy, without any forward thinking or a hint of political vision, without which a military operation has no purpose. more archive.is