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04.08.2024

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Zahar Jabrin may be the new head of the political bureau of Hamas. Jabrin's name came up in the last two days among the members of the political bureau of Hamas. Khaled Mashal surpasses Jabrin in political experience, connections, and moves in the international arena, "And Hamas, which has been severely damaged, needs someone to restore its status," said a Palestinian source, but added that Mashal is hated in Gaza, and at the head of his enemies is Yahya Sinwar, who supports Jabrin; Jabrin and Sinwar are friends and confidants from the Israeli prison days; Jabrin is one of the freedmen of the Shalit deal. The election of a new head of Hamas will therefore be Sinwar's first open test of strength since the war. It should be said that despite Sinwar's opposition to Khaled Mashal, the fact that Shaal could enter the position without any preparation or overlap, may be in his favor; On the other hand, Sinwar wants to reach a cease-fire according to the terms of Gaza's Hamas, and not according to Mashal's terms, and therefore he puts all his weight on the selection of Jabrin; To Jabrin's credit, it is assumed that he has entered Salah Arori's position as head of Hamas in Lebanon well; According to foreign publications, Salah Arori was executed by the IDF in Beirut about seven months ago. The new head of the Political Bureau will replace Ismail Haniyeh, who was executed this week in Tehran. The execution is attributed in the foreign press to Israel, and if indeed so, this is a wonderful tactic by the IDF, but a bad strategy by Netanyahu. In the Iranian press it is written that Israel wants to drag America into a war with Iran, and this is the reason behind the assassination. If the goal is indeed damage to facilities Iran's nuclear, the strategy behind the elimination takes on some meaning, which goes beyond revenge and deterrence; However, since the Iranian nuclear attack should come after the release of the hostages, and after the completion of the war campaign in Gaza (something Netanyahu could have done already on January 23, but did not), it is likely that the IDF's tactics are as usual miraculous, and Netanyahu's political strategy is as usual not good enough (cf. a policy of only war against Iran that lasted 28 years, and which led the Islamo-Nazi regime to increase efforts to develop nuclear weapons); And with all that, we say that destroying Iran's nuclear facilities, even if done in half-thought, is still the right move; Provided that Netanyahu's flawed strategic thinking (which is affected by his political situation) does not lead to its failure.