“Hamas will not govern Gaza, Israel will not govern the citizens of Gaza. Gaza residents are Palestinians Therefore, Palestinian organizations will be in charge, provided there are no hostile actions or threats against the State of Israel,” a defense statement said.
The report, which does not specify which Palestinian institutions would take control of the enclave, is part of a plan that Defense Secretary Yoav Gallant will present to the War Cabinet before the next visit to Israel by the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenwho will tour the Middle East to explain the post-war period in Gaza.
Netanyahu has repeatedly assured that he has no intention of transferring control of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), which administers small parts of the Gaza region. Occupied West Bankthrough President Mahmoud Abbas.
“As long as I am Prime Minister of Israel, this will not happen,” he said in December, accusing the ANP of financing “terrorism.”
Even the most radical right-wing members of Netanyahu’s coalition have publicly advocated promoting the “emigration” of Gazans to other countries and for Israel to resume its policy of settler settlements in the enclave. which dismantled it in 2005.
But the Defense Ministry settled Thursday by assuring that “there will be no Israeli civilian presence in the Gaza Strip,” although Israel will apparently maintain the air, land and sea blockade it has imposed over the enclave since 2007.
“Due to security requirements, Israel will conduct inspections on goods entering the Gaza Strip,” the ministry said.
Furthermore, Gallant foresees that an international front, including the United States, European and Middle Eastern countries, “will take responsibility for the recovery of the Gaza Strip.”
The United States – Israel’s most important partner and which has even supported the Jewish State with the supply of weapons – wants the ANP some control over Gaza once the war is over, and advocates a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Source: El heraldo
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