When Netanyahu responded to Kushner with fire
After Jared Kushner left Gaza carrying American promises, Netanyahu responded with airstrikes that killed twenty people in twenty hours. The article reads the escalation as three messages: to the Palestinians that Israel holds the upper hand, to Washington that promises do not automatically become Israeli decisions, and to the Israeli public in an election season. The test now is for Trump: does he have a plan or just promises?
Jared Kushner left the region after meetings with mediators and a Hamas delegation, carrying promises to push Netanyahu's government to accept the Miladov roadmap, which he helped formulate with its fifteen clauses. Hamas agreed to the final version after American guarantees that Washington would pressure Israel to accept it. But the response came from Gaza: fire, blood, and about twenty martyrs in twenty hours. The article reads the escalation as three messages: the first to the Palestinians that Israel holds the upper hand and can return to bombing whenever it wants; the second to Washington that American promises do not automatically become Israeli decisions, and that Netanyahu can say no even to a proposal formulated with the participation of Trump's close circle; the third to the Israeli public in an election season, where Netanyahu needs to maintain the image of a security man who does not hesitate to use force. The article raises the question: will Trump accept that Hamas's agreement becomes a paper with no return, or will he use his weight to force Netanyahu to move from a policy of fire to a commitment to implementation? The coming days are a test for Trump: does he actually have a plan or just promises?