Scott Reiter confirmed that there is an awakening in American society about the reality of the plight of the Palestinian people (Al Jazeera)
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Former US military intelligence officer, Scott Reiter, confirmed that the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) won the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip militarily and politically.
Reiter added, in a lengthy interview published by Al Jazeera Net on Friday evening, that Israel realizes that the strategy it followed in Gaza did not succeed in weakening Hamas militarily, so it is withdrawing its brigades.
The former American intelligence officer said that Tel Aviv is losing at all levels of this political, military and economic conflict, and will continue to lose.
Regarding the status of Hamas among the Palestinian people, he believes that if elections are held today in Gaza, the West Bank, and abroad, Hamas will win, because it is the only Palestinian organization that works and calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state, according to his statement.
Regarding the ceasefire in Gaza, Reiter says that it is a political issue that will be achieved when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently fighting for his political life, is removed from office.
"Successful operation"
He explained that Hamas's "successful" operation last October 7 was not estimated at the required size and that it "blinded" Israel. Tel Aviv also “chose genocide” and therefore failed to free its hostages.
The former American intelligence officer pointed out that the occupation aims, by destroying all means of life in Gaza, to "remove the Palestinian people from the Gaza Strip," hoping that it will not succeed in its endeavor.
Regarding US President Joe Biden's administration's full support for the Israeli aggression on Gaza, Scott Reiter says that American government institutions are being bought by Israeli interest groups, led by AIPAC, which has mastered the profession of buying politicians.
The military expert spoke to Al Jazeera Net about an “awakening” in American society about the reality of the plight of the Palestinian people after the operation of October 7, 2023.
Regarding Washington's operations in the Red Sea against the Houthis, he considered that it played a low-level reaction game as it was being attacked in Syria, Iraq and Jordan. He believes that the era of automatic American deterrence has “ended,” as he put it.
The American military expert concluded that the CIA, which had become "lazy", should never rely excessively on the Israelis or any other country, especially after Tel Aviv's failure to prevent the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation.
Source: Al Jazeera