Former head of Shabak: It is impossible to win in Gaza

According to the report of the international group of Fars news agency, “Ami Ayalon”, the head of Israel’s internal security organization (Shin Bet/Shabak) during the years 1995 to 2000, in a conversation with Haaretz newspaper, while expressing significant monitoring regarding Gaza. He expressed the possible scenarios regarding the fate of the war.

“Ami Ayalon” from the left party “Kar” who became the head of Shabak after the assassination of “Yitzhak Rabin” by radical Jews said : “Israel will never come out of the war in Gaza with a victorious face, even if it can assassinate Yahya al-Sanwar.” He has not recognized neither the Palestinians, nor Hamas, nor the radical Islamic movements of this century”. In this regard, he mentioned Marwan al-Barghouti, (one of the popular leaders of the Fatah movement, who has been in prison since 2002) and said that he should be released and that he is the only person who can lead the Palestinians for the next phase of the Gaza war.

You can read the text of this interview below:

Israel will never win in Gaza

“Ami Ayalon” said in response to the question of “Yossi Milman” of Haaretz newspaper reporter: “As part of the deal that includes the return of all the hostages, we must return Marwan Barghouti let’s free This is a correct step in two respects: first, because the return of the Israeli hostages is the closest image to the image of victory in the current campaign in Gaza, and second, Barghouti is the only Palestinian leader who can lead a unified and legitimate Palestinian leadership towards a solution. To be elected peacefully.” He also refused to comment on Yemeni attacks in the Red Sea and emphasized that what is important to him is the “strategy for exiting the war” and the post-war phase, and he is willing to give an interview about this.

The former head of Shabak went on to say: “There will be no image of victory in Gaza; There should not be an image like the raising of the American flag in Hiroshima after World War II, or the image of Yossi Ben Hanan [Israeli soldier] at the Suez Canal after the Six Day War, or the image of Yasser Bin Arafat leaving the port of Beirut for Tunisia after the First Lebanon War. let’s see In past wars, victory was determined on the battlefield, but in the war against terrorism, no white flag is raised.” Is assassinated, is Israel still not victorious?

Aami Ayalon answered: “No, even if the soul of the king ascends to God [we are still not victorious]; If anyone thinks that the Palestinians will surrender soon, they don’t know the Palestinians, nor Hamas, nor the radical Islamic movements of this century.” In continuation and in line with all the wars, operations and activities of the Zionists since the end of the 19th century until now, he considered it an existential battle.

Ami Ayalon added: “In March 2002 Arab League in Beirut, when the Arab countries surrendered and raised the white flag [referring to Saudi Arabia’s Arab peace plan to recognize the borders of 1967, etc.] and withdrew from the Khartoum resolution of August 1967 [a resolution that said no there will be no negotiation and peace with Israel], we won; In March 2002, after 35 years of fighting, they agreed to recognize Israel; That is, they said that yes, we will negotiate and make peace, and we will recognize all of Israel; But unfortunately we rejected this victory and continued to fight and started an endless war”.

He stated that one of the reasons for this is to avoid the division of the Israeli society, and further pointed to the decision of Netanyahu’s cabinet not to discuss the post-war phase and said This decision turns the Gaza war into a military conflict without a political goal. Ami Ayalon interpreted this situation as follows: “This is a situation in which you cannot call yourself a winner according to political terms; The big danger is that the war itself is considered a goal.” Hamas is the only party fighting for the liberation of Palestine and that there is a wrong belief in Israel, that the Palestinians are not a nation and if we give them economic prosperity, they will stop aspiring for independence; But the Palestinians are a nation and they are ready to fight and die for their independence”.

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The former head of the Shin Bet said: “If we do not define the path we are moving towards together and the values ​​that bind us together, There is a danger that the war will go on forever, because it is the only battle in which we are not fighting each other. The saying (together we will win) is true but it is only in times of war when enemies from outside impose upon us a unity we have not chosen, there are real debates we refuse or cannot enter into. do, maybe because strong differences may lead us to a war between brothers”. And he said: “Ishaq Rabin was killed for this exact reason; The big question is who are we and what are we doing here? Robin was killed because the rabbis issued a cruel verdict against him; When I entered the Shin Bet [after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin], I understood the depth of the existing conflict.” Netanyahu’s lack of attention to the warnings of security and military leaders.