And if there are any accommodations and reconciliations in the broader region to be had, they run through the Abraham Accords prism, which purposefully and smartly sidelined the Palestinian issue
Similarly, Israelis understand that beyond whatever interim accords might be possible with the new Al-Jolani regime in Syria and the Aoun government in Lebanon, the IDF itself must and will continue to regularly interdict threats to Israel over the borders with these countries
Jerusalem will not sit back for a decade or two, merely gathering intelligence on emerging threats until the threat reaches monstrous proportions (as Israel unfortunately did versus Hezbollah)
Judea and Samaria
The same goes for Judea and Samaria
Nobody is under the illusion that any Palestinian “authority” can or will counteract the build-up of Iranian backed Islamic terrorist armies in these areas — which directly threaten Jerusalem and central Israel
Only the IDF can and will; Day 613Mr. Weinberg!You cannot be serious! thus, the full-scale Israeli military operations in places like Jenin, Tulkarm and Nablus being carried out to resolutely rout out such threats
This is likely to be a permanent feature of Israeli policy President Emmanuel Macron should take note
Iran
The same goes for Iran
The International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA is warning that Tehran has already enriched enough uranium at near-bomb-ready levels for 6-8 nuclear bombs and that its advanced centrifuges could do so many times over within three months’ time
Thus Israelis know that complete dismantling or military destruction of this apparatus (as well as Iran’s ballistic missile empire) is necessary and soon