UNDER REGISTRATION

Updated Monday, April 8, 2024-00:20

Six months after the savage Hamas attack that sparked the war in Gaza, both Israel and the Middle East, but also the entire planet, are less safe places. The brutal succession of attacks and humiliations that made October 7, 2023 the most fateful day in the history of Israel, leaving more than 1,200 murdered, forced Tel Aviv to respond firmly. However, today, while 133 people remain kidnapped by a terrorist organization whose

objective is to eliminate the Jewish people, the prime minister

Benjamin Netanyahu

He has crossed all the limits of the legitimate right to defense that his country undoubtedly has, but which requires it to respect the laws of war and allow the entry of humanitarian aid.

This is how the international community has made it look

, who at first unreservedly supported the Israeli president and now sees him becoming a highly destabilizing figure.

The excesses of Netanyahu, who had already embarked on a worrying illiberal drift before the war and faces a trial for corruption,

they are undermining the confidence of the Israelis themselves

. Although the population's support for the war remains majority, in recent days there have been the largest protests since the beginning of the conflict. Added to this are the distances marked by the US, where

Joe Biden

He faces growing unrest among his own voters, fed up with the unbearable images of attacks on civilian victims.

The White House has already warned its historic ally that it will cut off arms shipments if it invades Rafah. In this difficult context, and awaiting Iran's retaliation after the attack on its embassy in Damascus,

Israel has just withdrawn its troops from southern Gaza

, except for a single brigade.

It is still too early to know the reasons and scope of this decision, which could be a tactical maneuver or a response to US pressure. The situation, in any case, is delicate. Along with the logical fear that the conflict will escalate in the region, Biden also cannot afford to lose more support in his tight electoral race against

donald trump

, whose victory would unbalance the entire NATO. Meanwhile,

Netanyahu's offensive is undermining Israel's international image

, a country with a consolidated democracy, an advanced economy and a modern society that Europe and the Atlantic Alliance need as a partner and friend, in the face of the great threat to Western and liberal values ​​represented by Islamist terrorism.

The peace talks that were resumed yesterday in Cairo could open a way for

the only desirable solution

: that the hostages can return home and the hostilities of a conflict that has already claimed too many lives and whose continuity is unsustainable cease.

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