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10.08.2025
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Since June 22, Netanyahu, the Chief of Staff and Hanegbi have been coordinating to end the war and return the hostages. At the end of the week, Minister Smotrich realized that they were playing him, the bad cop and the good cop, and exploded:
The Middle East Theater is now presenting in a campaign that will clarify everything: the security cabinet of the government of zealots as the Gaza-Wood film academy (in our assessment with the participation of Turkey as a regional player):
Can Israel still escape the destruction brought upon it by the Kahanists, with a pathological delay in ending the war from January 2024 until now? What is Turkey's role in the Middle East theatrical game that began on June 22? (See Today in the main story). Summary of previous episodes: On June 22, we exclusively reported on Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to agree to end the war. On July 27, we exclusively reported that Netanyahu and the Chief of Staff are coordinating to end the war. Last week, we exclusively mentioned the coordination between Turkey and Hamas, which led to Hamas's hardening of position. Yesterday, Anadolu quoted a hint from President Erdogan that he would be ready for an international/regional conference to resolve the crisis in the Middle East (see Today in the main story). We do not know whether the hardening of Hamas's positions was also coordinated retroactively between Netanyahu and Erdogan (through the intelligence agencies of both countries), in order to streamline the process of resolving the crisis, without there being a catastrophic deterioration towards an irreversible rupture, which could lead to a regional war. (The goal: for everyone to come out satisfied: Prime Minister Netanyahu, Hanegbi, Lt. Gen. Zamir, the Kahanists, Hamas, Turkey, Egypt, and more). As mentioned, Minister Smotrich (including other Kahanists in Israeli politics and the press) realized yesterday that he was being worked on and became furious. Now it is not clear what will come first: the invasion of Gaza that will get out of control? The dissolution of Netanyahu's government? A regional conference that will resolve the crisis in the Middle East and at which an agreement will be made on the division of the spheres of influence in the Middle East between the powers Egypt, Israel, Turkey (and Iran), and Saudi Arabia? Netanyahu, Hanegbi and Zamir are trying to lead Israel out of the war, under the three main principles: disarming Hamas and its government, and returning the hostages; Minister Smotrich is trying to lead Israel to the main principle that we reported on at the beginning of the war: annexation of the West Bank, military rule in Gaza and settlement in the Strip. Turkey and Hamas want a Palestinian state to emerge from the crisis (and it is clear to them that Israel will never agree to any concession in its capital, just as Turkey will not agree to any concession in Istanbul/Constantinople), and Turkey, in our assessment, will agree to the division of spheres of influence in the Middle East.
The Israeli Palestinian Post
Perhaps an important film academy should consider moving the annual award to the Middle East in the category of best foreign film this year: On June 22 of this year, as we reported here exclusively, Benjamin Netanyahu further expanded his political skills and became a kind of Hollywood director, after realizing that his government had brought another disaster on Israel, in addition to the disaster of October 7, when it had vainly delayed the end of the war since January 2024. Netanyahu agreed on the one hand to end the war, and on the other hand, did not agree to publish his decision to his government and the public, in order to leave in his hands the ability to maneuver (including the theatrical one). The question now is, is it not too late? Has the theatrical genius Netanyahu, who is manipulating all sides (and not for the first time) and with him the State of Israel, not missed the train, and the Gog and Magog war that the Kahanists in politics and the media have led to (some of them apparently unconsciously), has already begun, and there is no longer any way to prevent it.
The terrible war expected following Hamas's hardening of positions with Turkey's support (see our exclusive report last week), was expressed in the cabinet's decision on Thursday to enter Gaza. But the hope now is that President Erdogan's conciliatory speech, which spoke of Turkey as a traditional peacemaker, and alongside it the wisdom permeating Hamas and the Arab countries that Israel will not agree to end the war without disarming Hamas and its rule, which Hamas already agreed to in January 2024, will nevertheless halt the Middle East's slide into another disaster.
Minister Smotrich's frustration with the picture that began to become clear to him during the security cabinet meeting at the weekend, according to which Netanyahu and Negbi were misleading him, and that the end of the war was indeed coordinated with Lt. Gen. Zamir, was expressed in the anger that Smotrich directed at Zamir, saying: "We intend to occupy Gaza, impose a military government on it and settle in the Strip, and if that doesn't suit you, resign."
However, Smotrich apparently did not know that in a meeting between the Prime Minister and Lt. Gen. Zamir on July 27, which We reported on it exclusively here, the Chief of Staff asked Netanyahu if he wanted his resignation, and Netanyahu replied in the negative, saying that on the contrary, he intended to coordinate with Zamir to end the war, and asked the Chief of Staff not to reveal the new coordination between them.
In conclusion, it must be said: Benjamin Netanyahu's game is very complex, and very late; it is therefore possible that the crisis, which has too many partners, will slip out of his hands (despite his excellent acting talent), and will result in the prophecy embodied in the Security Cabinet's decision to enter Gaza, and the meaning of which in our assessment is the risk of a tunnel war that will lead to a regional war, can no longer be stopped.