Escaping Questions of Failure by Escalating Danger.. Gaza at the Forefront of Israeli Psychological Warfare
The article analyzes how occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Israel Katz use the Gaza file in electoral propaganda, by escalating danger before the Israeli voter to achieve electoral gains, alongside crimes on the ground in Gaza. It reviews analysts' opinions who see the escalation as aiming to avoid questions of failure and responsibility for October 7, and that it is a Zionist project unrelated to elections.
The article analyzes how occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his Defense Minister Israel Katz, and the Likud party use the Gaza file in electoral propaganda, by convincing the Israeli voter that they are capable of protecting them, while stirring media disinformation about the resistance's capabilities. Under the impact of intense warplane flights, the occupation committed crimes at dawn yesterday resulting in the martyrdom of Iman Ramiz Abdelal in a bombing of a residential apartment west of Gaza, and a massacre by targeting a vehicle in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood leading to the martyrdom of five citizens including a woman, in addition to targeting journalist Muhammad Abdelaziz al-Najjar. Researcher Ahmad al-Tanani believes the threats aim to prepare the environment and provide justifications for expanding the aggression, and that the Israeli need for bloodshed confirms that this extremist government has nothing on its agenda but genocide and its escalation. He adds that Netanyahu is exploiting the intersection between the aggression and his electoral need to avoid questions of failure and responsibility for October 7. Writer Adnan al-Sabah says what is happening is a Zionist project aimed at Judaizing the land and eliminating the Palestinian people, and that elections are being used for the benefit of this project. Specialist Amin al-Hajj believes Netanyahu and Katz are trying to keep Gaza an open security file that serves them electorally, and that the threat of a wide military operation is a pressure tool, psychological warfare, and an electoral message, noting that international isolation does not prevent aggression but increases its political cost.