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Tell Us the Plan

By Gldmeier @gldmeier
Ever since Minister Betzalel Somotritch was persuaded a few days ago by PM Netanyahu to not leave the government over the hostage deal, he has repeatedly said that if Israel does not get back to the war and destroy Hamas he will bring down the government - not leave it, but bring it down. 
I am fine with Smotritch's position. He really believes that is what is necessary and believes Netanyahu's promises to act in that regard. Even if I dont think it is realistic (and maybe I'll be proven wrong eventually), that is not something I will criticize him for. Smotritch has position he believes is correct, and he has a plan for how it should/will happen and work.
My question is for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu doesn't tell the Israeli people anything. We have no idea what his plans are, how hew thinks it should work or how it will work, how he plans to maneuver between Trump's push to not have a war, continue the deal and see it through to the end, and his own desire to keep his government intact and placate Smotritch who wants to go back to war. Obviously he can hope Hamas violates the agreements and gives him an excuse, and maybe that is something simple to bet on, but what if they call his bluff and dont so as not to upset Trump or because they want/need more time to rebuild and get their prisoned people back? Netanyahu does not tell us how he will destroy Hamas, who will take over Gaza and or how anything is going to happen and what would be acceptable to him or Israel. if in 15 months of war Hamas has been able to stay in power and recruit enough new members to make up for those lost in the war, how will we destroy them now?
The demand to go back to war might be right, but not if it means going back to the same type of war we have had until now with no plan for destroying Hamas and no plan for removing them from power. All Netanyahu says over and over again is we will accomplish our war goals. Nice but how?
Smotritch says what he wants and how Israel should take land, how Israel should control Gaza, how Israel should repopulate Gaza. Netanyahu just says no to that but does not say what he wants to do.. so does Smotritch think he can push Netanyahu to act on what he is demanding? Netanyahu thinks as long as he goes back to the war Smotritch will be happy and think we are working towards those goals, but, as far as we know, Netanyahu does not have the same goals as Smotritch, so what would Netanyahu's goals be in going back to war - just send our kids to endless reserve duty so he can continue to keep his government alive? and when will Smotritch realize that Netanyahu is running a war that is going nowhere just to stay in power on the backs of the dead soldiers?
If Netanyahu has a plan and a goal for continuing the war, he should tell the Israeli people.
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