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What will Netanyahu do now?

2024-04-15 18:18:37Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA DAVIDE FRATTINI
What will Netanyahu do now?
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How will Israel react to Iran's attack? Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in power for 15 years, insists on flexing his muscles and keeping far-right allies close. Since April 1, it has been sheltered in an anti-nuclear bunker.

Davide Frattini – Corriere della Sera

When Benzion Netanyahu took care of the garden at home in Jerusalem, he made his son help him: watering, fertilizing and weeding. And again, the same thing. An effort that seemed pointless to the child, the weeds continued to grow, so the father explained to him the importance of being persistent against the evil plants, "otherwise they will infect everything."

The pessimistic worldview was passed down as a fortifying fertilizer to the young Benjamin by his parent, who as a historian studied the persecutions of the Spanish Inquisition against the Jews throughout his life (he died at the age of 102).

The risk of a return to the dark years fueled the longest-serving prime minister's resolve against the threat of an Iran with an atomic bomb. According to the mantra, as Time magazine titled it when it put it on its cover for the second time five years ago: "The strong survive."

The "shadow war" between the two enemies was lit up by flashes of explosions as defense systems intercepted hundreds of drones launched by Tehran, and Benjamin Netanyahu must now decide what is the most effective show of force.

For now, the prime minister - writes the "New York Times" - would have followed the advice imposed by President Joe Biden and stopped immediate retaliation. His autobiography - My Story - tells how he was stopped when he wanted to order the bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities.

The plans have already been seen and revised. Several squadrons of F-35s - the Jerusalem Post reconstructs - would fly over the border between Syria and Turkey and continue towards Iraq (despite the opposition of these countries). Other groups can pass through Saudi Arabia, if it allows, and the Persian Gulf. After two thousand kilometers, the first target would be the Iranian air defenses protecting the atomic sites.

The problem: to destroy those built 80 meters underground, 13-ton "bunker buster" bombs are needed, which even friend Donald Trump refused to supply. In power for 15 years – with the exception of 563 days spent in opposition between 2019 and 2021 – Mr. Siguria knows he has to regain the trust of Israelis, he knows he could lose even more.

In the polls for the elections that will arrive sooner or later he is overwhelmed by Gantz. Instead of military power – some analysts speculate – he should use the diplomatic opportunity to strengthen relations with Sunni Arab countries, he who has always considered the Abraham Accords his legacy to the nation.

However, he does not seem to want to change strategy: he continues and keeps his far-right allies with their "Pavlovian" reactions - comments Anshel Pfeffer in Haaretz newspaper - in favor of "destructive revenge". While the command of the Home Front aired the public shelters and advised the citizens to stay close to the underground defenses, the prime minister couple took place in the villa offered as a loan by the American tycoon Simon Falic: not so much for the indoor pool, but for the bunker against the nuclear attack, writes the magazine digital Walla. Once again, the politician who ended up in legal trouble for boxes of cigars and champagne received as gifts, proves that he belongs to those elites who in 1996 - the first victory, the first of six terms in total - promised to leave power.

Fifty years ago Golda Meir resigned as prime minister six months after the end of the Yom Kippur war: although the commission set up to investigate the intelligence and strategic blunders had found her innocent, she felt responsible for the initial disaster and above all the Israelis considered such.

Netanyahu has yet to accept any responsibility for the massacre committed by Hamas terrorists on October 7, which was also favored by his own mistakes. In 1973 he returned from the United States to fight and with him on the plane was Ehud Barak. He was his commander in the special forces, now he calls on him to leave.


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