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Political analysts believe that the Kiryat Malachi operation, which resulted in the killing of two Israelis and the wounding of four, confirms the unity of the Palestinian fronts, and proves the failure of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to provide security for the Israelis.

A shooting attack occurred at a bus station, north of the city of Kiryat Malachi, east of Ashdod. The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said - in a statement - that “the commando operation in Kiryat Malachi is a natural response to the war of extermination committed by the occupation army against the Palestinian people, and the continuation of its crimes and the crimes of the settlers.” Terrorists in the West Bank and Jerusalem."

The Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, said that the guerrilla operation comes after the increase in killing and criminality committed by the Israeli occupation army in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, in addition to the siege and starvation of people in the Strip.

Al-Barghouti added - in his interview with the program “Gaza...what next?” The genocide carried out by the occupation against the Palestinians has provoked everyone's feelings, and the Kiryat Malachi operation is a message to Netanyahu and his army that the West Bank may also catch fire, and therefore they must stop their barbaric war in Gaza.

He said that the policy practiced by the occupation, including crime, siege, starvation, and depriving people of treatment, will not discourage the Palestinians from continuing their resistance and steadfastness.

The shooting attack in Kiryat Malachi resulted in the killing of two Israelis and the wounding of 4 (French)

Barghouti noted that Israel does not want a compromise solution and does not want a Palestinian state to be established, stressing the importance of international legal action to pressure it to stop its aggression against the Palestinian people.

The failure of the Netanyahu government

For his part, academic and expert in Israeli affairs, Dr. Muhannad Mustafa, believes that the commando operation in Kiryat Malachi demonstrated the failure of Netanyahu and his government to achieve the goals that were set, especially providing security for the Israelis.

According to Mustafa, Israeli society is living in a real dilemma, given that whoever rules it does not provide it with security, indicating that there is a trend towards overthrowing the Netanyahu government, which a poll in the Maariv newspaper concluded that it will not be able to complete its rule if elections are held.


The Kiryat Malachi operation also confirms the unity of the Palestinian fronts, and that the Palestinians share their pain, dreams and ambitions.

On the other hand, the academic and expert in Israeli affairs pointed out the existence of a racist tendency among Israelis, where the Palestinian is absent and dehumanized, and this appears even in their educational curricula.

But despite this racism, which has worsened under the right-wing and extremist orientation of the Netanyahu government, there are intellectual currents led by some historians and academics, calling for the necessity of Israel moving to the post-Zionist stage, and in order to be part of the region, it must recognize the historical rights of the Palestinian people and grant them the right to self-determination. .

This movement also calls for Israel to become a civil, democratic state for all its citizens. The academic and expert on Israeli affairs says that this movement was strong and had a voice in the 1990s, but today it has become marginalized.

Source: Al Jazeera