Hezi Nechama reveals: "Eisenkot as Chief of Staff offered to give territories to the Palestinians"

Reserve Colonel Hezi Nechama claims in an interview that former Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot proposed in 2017 to transfer Area C to Areas A and B as a confidence-building measure toward the Palestinians, contrary to Nechama's position who sought to restore Israeli control in the area.

Reserve Colonel Hezi Nechama, former commander of the Menashe Brigade, claimed in an interview with Yinon Magal on Radio 103FM that former Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot proposed in 2017 to transfer Area C to Areas A and B as confidence-building measures toward the Palestinians. Nechama said the conversation took place at the end of the Lone Intifada, while they stood on a hill in Sha-Nur. According to him, he suggested to Eisenkot to restore Israeli control in the area from which the settlements of Ganim, Kadim, Sha-Nur, and Homesh were evacuated as part of the disengagement plan in 2005. He claimed that Eisenkot replied that additional benefits should be given to the Palestinians and that Area C should be transferred to Areas A and B. Nechama confirmed that Eisenkot sought to convince the Prime Minister of this. The article presents the matter as a revelation, using the words "amazing story" to describe the event.