The consequences of the Gaza war for the Zionists; From the internal collapse to the global scandal
Mehr News, International Group: The war of the Zionist regime against Gaza has ended a ceasefire after 15 months. This war, in addition to many consequences for Gaza and the Hamas movement, has also had various consequences for the Zionist regime. This article examines some of the political consequences of this war for the Zionist regime.
1. Political consequences at the domestic level
One of the most important political consequences of the cease-fire in Gaza for the Zionist regime is that Netanyahu’s cabinet has become more fragile than before because some ministers resigned from the cabinet in opposition to the cease-fire. . People like Itmar Ben Guer believe that the ceasefire means the defeat of Israel and the victory of Hamas in this war. In this regard, Itmar Ben Goyer, Isaac Wasserlauf and Amihai Eliyahu, three ministers of the “Utsama Yehudit” (Jewish Power) party, officially left their jobs and left Netanyahu’s cabinet.
However, it can be said that the important political consequence of the ceasefire in Gaza is the emergence of a split in the ruling coalition of this country. Netanyahu managed to form a cabinet in January 2022 in a coalition with extremists such as Ben Guer and Smotrich, but now his two main allies in the cabinet are among the main opponents of the ceasefire. Smotrich considers this agreement to be the worst security-military decision in the history of the Zionist regime. The vote base of Smotrich and Ben Guer has also decreased in the occupied territories.
In the latest valid polls in Occupied Palestine, the “Religious Zionism” party, led by Smotrich, succeeded in obtaining a quorum of 3.25 percent of the votes. It has not and cannot allocate any seat in the “Knesset”. Considering these conditions, it can be expected that Netanyahu’s cabinet will collapse in the coming months and the Tel Aviv regime will once again be in the vicious circle of early parliamentary elections.
2. Political consequences at the regional level
The war in Gaza has also had important consequences for the Zionist regime at the regional level. The most important of these consequences was the cessation of the normalization process of the Zionist regime’s relations with the Arab countries. One of Benjamin Netanyahu’s hopes and goals after re-forming the cabinet in January 2022 was to expand the normalization of relations with Arab countries. His main focus was on normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia. However, Netanyahu has not traveled to any Arab capital in the past 15 months. Although the normalization of relations with other Arab countries has not been ruled out, it is more difficult than in the past because Saudi Arabia has made normalization conditional on the formation of an independent Palestinian state. An issue that Netanyahu and his cabinet members do not accept.
Furthermore, the Gaza war has destroyed the image that the Zionist regime, UAE and Bahrain were trying to make of this regime. The UAE and Bahrain, which normalized relations with the Zionist regime in September 2020, were trying to portray that normalization will bring regional peace and stability, and Tel Aviv is trying to expand peace and stability in the region. Now public opinion in any Arab country does not accept such an image, and the only image it has in mind of the Zionist regime is the genocide of the people of Gaza, especially women and children. Meanwhile, regional support for Palestine has increased.
3. Global political implications
Undoubtedly, it is one of the most important political consequences of the Gaza war for the Zionist regime at the global level. These consequences can be expressed in the following axes:
Destroying the image of the Zionist regime
Before the Gaza war, the Zionist regime, with the support of the West and the world’s dominant media, tried to present a moral image of itself in the world. The Zionist regime in Gaza has committed all the crimes specified in the statutes of international legal agreements and international legal conventions and covenants. These crimes were so obvious, bitter and painful that Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations, repeatedly declared that the events in Gaza are genocide and the complete collapse of humanity. Demonstrations of hundreds of thousands of people against the Zionist regime in the heart of Europe and in the United States are a clear example of the fact that the image and credibility of this regime has been lost at the global level.
Gadoun Sa’er, the foreign minister of the Zionist regime, admitted the increase in the global isolation of the occupying regime and demanded that the efforts to isolate and persecute the Zionist regime in the international arena be stopped. Basically, one of the reasons that a large number of people inside the occupied territories believe that the Zionist regime, contrary to the claims of Netanyahu and his cabinet members about the victory in the Gaza war, has suffered a major defeat in this war, is also related to the increasing isolation and destruction of the image of this regime at the international level. It is universal.
Criminalization of the case of the crimes of the Zionist regime
Another important political consequence of the Gaza war for the Zionist regime at the global level is that the crime case of this regime has turned into a criminal case. After investigating the crimes committed by the Zionist regime against the people of Gaza, the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister, and Yev Galant, the former Minister of War of the Zionist regime. Even if this ruling is not enforced due to the support of America and the threat of countries by Washington, it will still cause mental and psychological pressure and a feeling of insecurity for the Zionist military. As if such an incident has happened so far.
In some countries, orders have been issued to arrest Zionist soldiers. The verdict of the International Criminal Court has also resulted in the global discredit of the Zionist regime; In such a way that some Zionist officials called it a black moment in the history of this court. These kinds of reactions mostly express the anger and rage of the Zionists against the global consensus against this regime.
Influencing the foreign relations of the Zionist regime
Another political consequence of the Gaza war for the Zionist regime at the global level is the influence on its foreign relations. Before the Gaza war, the European countries had unconditional support for the Zionist regime, but the genocide in Gaza, which caused widespread public opinion reactions in Europe, has also affected the unconditional support of the European governments. In 470 days, 30,000 demonstrations against the Zionist regime were held in Europe.
This demonstration causes European governments, unlike in the past, to not be able to easily support and expand relations with the Zionist regime. Countries such as Norway supported the formation of an independent Palestinian state. Therefore, the foreign relations of the Zionist regime have been affected by the crimes of this regime against the people of Gaza, and this is another sign of Tel Aviv’s isolation.
Conclusion
The war in Gaza has brought deep and widespread political consequences for the Zionist regime at three internal, regional and global levels. The fragility of Netanyahu’s cabinet and its possible collapse at the domestic level, the halting of the process of normalization of relations at the regional level and the discrediting of the regime’s alleged image at the global level are among the most important political consequences of the Gaza war for the Zionist regime. These consequences can continue in the post-war era and impose costs on this regime.
Syed Razi Emadi; Researcher of West Asian issues
