Hamas could not dream of a better communicator. In one sentence, as stupid as it is inhumane, the obscure Minister of Israeli Heritage destroyed all of his country’s efforts to convince that it has only been targeting terrorists in the Gaza Strip for a month. Asked if he wanted to launch an atomic bomb on the Palestinian enclave, Amichai Eliyahu replied: “It’s an option.” It is then difficult to contradict Israel’s opponents who cry about the risk of “genocide” in Gaza…
Especially since the sentence of this Israeli minister constitutes neither a slip nor an exception. Benyamin Netanyahu certainly slapped him on the wrist, dismissing comments that were “disconnected from reality”. But Amichai Eliyahu keeps his post, just like his friends in the government who call all Gazans “animals” or those who consider these 2.3 million people, 40% of whom have not reached the age of 14, enemies. of Israel. Without forgetting the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, who distributes weapons to Jewish citizens and pushes for the development of self-defense militias.
However, at the polls, the far right barely exceeds 10% and support for colonization remains in the minority among Israelis. But by making a pact with these supremacists to rise to power, a year ago, Netanyahu brought the arsonists into the heart of the fragile Israeli forest. Impossible for him to remove them from power without losing his throne himself.
Already at war with Hamas in Gaza and threatened by Hezbollah on the Lebanese border, the Jewish state must also manage the risk of a conflagration in the West Bank, faced with increased violence from settlers against the Palestinians. While the whole world has its eyes fixed on the Gaza Strip, these ministers are encouraging the acceleration of colonization, with their ultimate goal in mind: the complete annexation of the West Bank.
They don’t care about war and chaos, since their ideas thrive, precisely, on hatred.