EX-IDF Offizier: Krieg gegen Hamas ist verloren

Israel befinde sich in der schlimmsten Lage seit Jahrzehnten und der Krieg gegen die Hamas sei de facto verloren. Mit scharfen Worten kritisiert der ehemalige General der israelischen Armee,  Israel Ziv, die Politik der Netanjahu Regierung.

Ziv ist nicht irgendwer, sondern ein in Israel bekannter und geachteter General, der am 7.10 auf eigene Initiative gegen die Hamas ins Feld zog.

In einem jüngst mit ihm geführten Radiointerview beschreibt er die Lage in Gaza in düsteren Farben und schließt sich einer wachsenden Zahl hochrangiger Militärs an, die scharf die Politik der Regierung kritisieren. Hier einige Auszüge:

 "In the absence of a policy, what is the IDF supposed to do? We are over five months into this war without any predictable political goal. Let's say we stayed until now. What is next? Even if we stayed and declared that we were occupying, we would become the new government in Gaza. Israel would need to establish civil, police, and security systems and take care of the various services. What happened to us is not just the Hamas situation. The lack of decision-making on our part is the most serious thing." (...)

"Israel is in the middle of a very serious international crisis. I don't remember one like this before. It is a result not only of the lack of advocacy but also that Israel is in a deep crisis as a result of the lack of policy. Everything points to the fact that the government does not make policy decisions, and not only do we not know what the best decision is, but the world does not know either.

"The world does not show the photos of Channel 12 showing how the IDF does one heroic action or another in Shifa; they only show photos of the humanitarian crisis, the demolition, and the destruction. Because of this, the public opinion in the world is against us. The point here is that in the end, the US will not be there for us either because there is a limit to what they are willing to contain."(...)

"If we don't solve the problem in the South, the situation in the North won't be able to be solved politically either, and the US won't push for it. America doesn't work for Israel. They have worked with Israel until now, but America doesn't agree with Israel's policy, so why would America go to all kinds of effort? It will not happen. So Israel will remain rooted in its own troubles, and if we are such great heroes - let's see." (...)

"It is impossible to conduct a war like this, and it is being conducted from within itself. The IDF knows what to do, but the war is being lost. It has no goals, no direction. If you agree with the path of this government, the problems will continue. If not, please make room for someone else."