In the next few days, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will face a defined choice between a politically motivated “war of deception” in Gaza and a deal to release all hostages during the end of the war. He has to choose between his extreme ministers Itama Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich or an alliance with Donald Trump.

There is no symmetry here. Accepting hostage agreements, ending the war, and working with Trump and the leaders of the free world will not be easy. Any choice requires detailed negotiation and compromise. However, this path far exceeds any realistic choice.

According to the achievements of the IDF, including damage to Hamas, weakened Hezbollah, destroyed Syria's military arsenal during the Assad's bankruptcy, and proved that Israel's ability to penetrate deep into Iran, Israel's leadership can gradually reduce the positions of all relatives from a simultaneous force and humanity, thus gradually lowering the positions of all relatives, which is a human effort. This will allow Israel to join Trump’s vision for the new Middle East, including normalization with Saudi Arabia, regional deployment to meet Iran’s challenges, and involve in trade corridor projects from India to Europe to Europe.

Instead, choosing to “deception war” (places where propaganda is misleading) to list political war as serving Israel’s security – would be a serious mistake. It is doubtful that continuing the war will produce a different result than the Gaza round that was last 20 months ago. But this will certainly constitute the death penalty for some or most of the lives of hostages and deepen the tsunami and the verdicts the International Criminal Court claims Israel has faced.

If a "complete victory" against Hamas could be achieved, this approach might not have happened. When this new war inevitably ceases (when diplomatic pressures, humanitarian crises, battlefield events or domestic political developments), we find ourselves exactly the same as we are today.

Learn, check recent history. The brutal attack on October 7 made Israel’s top priority to ensure that Hamas could no longer rule Gaza or threaten Israel from there. The question is how to achieve this.

Since Ben-Gurion, Israel has followed four strategic mottos: war should be aggressive, fighting on enemy territory, ending quickly, turning the outcome of the battlefield into diplomatic and political reality while maintaining international legitimacy, and (absolutely importantly - neither of them will lose their morally high stance. This is what we won in 1967 in 1973 in three weeks. Netanyahu betrayed almost all of these principles.

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Another strategic motto from Clausewitz to Kissinger argues that war must have a well-defined, operationally feasible political purpose. As Rome said, “If you don’t know which port you are going to, no wind will take you there.” The motto is deliberately ignored. Netanyahu has blocked any discussion on this issue since October 7, 2023.

For any serious observer, Hamas suffers a major military blow every day, losing most weapon systems and leaders since October 7. But since any Hamas group or individual can easily "disappear" within minutes, the two million civilians hidden in the strip and appear from tunnels or construction windows to attack the Israelis, their absolute elimination remains a mission for Sissis. Even after 58 years in the West Bank, we have never completely eliminated Hamas' presence in Jenning or Turkam.

The only way to ensure that Hamas cannot rule Gaza and threaten Israel is to replace it with another management entity, with its Arab neighbors such as Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and the Palestinians themselves. In fact, this means that temporary Arab forces supported by the Arab League, UN Security Council resolutions funded by Saudi Arabia and the UAE may be supported by a technocratic government overseeing the Palestinian bureaucracy and a new non-Hamas security agency trained by Inter-Arab forces under the supervision of the United States.

Israel will have only two conditions: no Hamas military branch members can participate in the organs of the new entity, and the IDFs initially deployed around Rast will withdraw to the border only after all pre-verified security benchmarks are met. The plan was easy to implement a year ago and seems to save Gaza and Gaza people from further destruction, as it could be interpreted as saving Israel from falling into Gaza mud. But the plan remains viable despite the Israeli government’s refusal to consider it.

Since this is the only practical "day" plan after, the lives of the hostages were sacrificed or the Israeli forces were endangered in a meaningless war. Who can look into the eyes of future bereavement parents, newly widowed spouses, new orphans, disabled and traumatized soldiers and say clearly and with caution that everything is to prevent losses, or is there a reason?

As long as Israel refuses to release hostages and the end of the war, the risks of international initiatives increase, including calls for boycotting Israel's Arab neighbors, and the steps to recognize the Palestinian state through European countries, which is Israel's stable friend.

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The permanent occupation of the Gaza Strip, the population transfer of 2 million Palestinians and the resettlement of Israel on the land are fundamental and delusional visions that will backfire and accelerate the confrontation with the world.

Why did Netanyahu fail as a smart, experienced, shrewd politician? The answer is not simple. Netanyahu has ruled since 2015 by aligning with hyper-Orthodox parties who are not serving in the military and care only about the needs of the department, and since January 2023 he has added super-right fanatics to view Gaza placement and Palestine transfers as commands from heaven. He was in trouble: 80% of the public believed he was primarily responsible for the worst day in the country, and 60% believed he should resign. Most people believe his judicial reform began immediately after the January 2023 elections, as a "judicial coup" which was an attempt to cast the legislative branch and demolish the independence of the Supreme Court. Many believe that his blatant attack on democracy was to evade his bribery, fraud and breach of trust court cases.

For him, any pause in the war (even 60 days, certainly longer) would immediately bring estimation and accountability: accelerated court litigation; demands of the National Commission of Inquiry investigated on October 7 and events before, after and after; collapse of the alliance; and possible deprivation of public life. I believe Netanyahu really wants all hostages to come home. But when this was a direct threat to his political existence, he prefers to leave them in Gaza. He has beaten several hostage trade opportunities and seems to do it again over the weekend by boycotting us that Hamas will end the war in exchange for the release of all hostages and joining the Trump administration in Trump's new Middle East order (including the replacement for Hamas described above). Netanyahu insists on his eternal war to avoid a pause in the fight, which could lead to the end of his political career.