“Complete Victory” is the new byword among Israeli troops. But what would that look like?

According to Daniel Ben Namar, CEO and Founder of the Jewish Statesmanship Center, it would be defined by the following characteristics:

• The complete dismantling of UNWRA.
• Public trials of Nukhba terrorists and Hamas elites.
• The relinquishment by Gazans of refugee status as well as the right of return.
• Recognition that the Hamas ideology and the desire for the annihilation of the independent State of Israel is responsible for the death and destruction of Gaza.
• Recognition of the State of Israel as the sovereign nation-state of the Jewish People.
• The complete de-Hamas-ification of Gaza and the rewriting and replacement of Gazan educational materials.
• It is absolutely forbidden for whoever rules Gaza next to have a liberal, Western outlook, but instead needs a clear understanding of the Arab mentality, the willingness to impose law and order, as well as close cooperation with Israel, which must retain overall security control.

What did Herzl say? “If you will it, it is not a dream.”

While Joe Biden is already telling everyone who will listen (Muslim voters in Michigan?) how the war in Gaza will be over in the next few days, Prime Minister Netanyahu has stated bluntly that he has no idea where this optimisim is coming from, as Hamas hasn’t yet even responded to Israel’s proposal, which includes a six week ceasefire and   – worst of all – the release of 400 terrorist murderers to kill again, in exchange for 40 women and elderly hostages.

In the meantime, Israel is dealing with Hezbollah who fired dozens of rockets at the Galilee today, including Meron and Nahariya.

A little history lesson: In the war in Lebanon in 2006, Israel agreed to a ceasefire because the UN Security Council passed resolution 1701 which called for the cessation of all Hezbollah armed attacks, created a UNIFIL force of 15,000 troops with a mandate to take “all necessary action” to prevent hostile activities of any kind in the border between Israel and Lebanon. It calls for there be no armed groups, i.e., Hezbollah militia or Syrian and Iranian military advisors, in Lebanon, and even established a weapons embargo on Lebanese groups like the PLO, forbidding Hezbollah armed elements from returning to southern Lebanon, from the Blue Line to the Litani River.

We can all see how that worked out! This is what a UN resolution is worth. It’s still on the books. UNIFIL forces, I imagine, might still be there. But Israel was naïve to think it would mean anything.

I’ve actually written a rap song in Hebrew that goes like this:

“We wanted peace. We signed every protocol.
When we signed onto Oslo,
We got the Intifada.
When we left Lebanon,
All we got was Nasrallah.
Our agreement for Disengagement
Brought us a Holocaust from Gaza …”

I’ve got much more, but it only rhymes in Hebrew!

Any rapper out there looking for lyrics? Write me!

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