Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday evening responded to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s public demand that he announce that Israel will not govern the Gaza Strip after the end of the war.
“I am not ready to replace Hamastan with Fatahstan [a reference to the Fatah movement of the Palestinian Authority].”
“After the terrible October 7th massacre on October 7, I ordered the destruction of Hamas,” Netanyahu said. “As long as Hamas remains in power, no other party will step in to manage civilian affairs in Gaza, especially not the Palestinian Authority. Eighty percent of the Palestinians in Yehudah and Shomron support the October 7th massacre.”
“The Palestinian Authority supports terror, incites terror and finances terror. I am not prepared to replace Hamastan with Fatahstan,” he repeated.
“And therefore the first condition to prepare the ground for another element is to eliminate Hamas and to do this without excuses.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Hamas was far from the only faction to participate in October 7. Every faction played a role in the terrorism of that day and earlier this week, The Palestinian Authority’s Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade put out an official statement that they, too, were involved. Not only that but we saw Arab teenagers and elderly storm the Kibbutzim alongside the fighters with weapons. Noa Argamani was kidnapped by Arab children. They are all guilty and must all share the same lot.
Put the zealots from Mea Shearim in charge. AFAIK Gaza is still E”Y proper with Kedushas Haaretz.