Israeli Fears of an Escalation in the Bank for Netanyahu's Electoral Service.
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Israeli military sources expressed fear that the President of the occupation Government, Benjamin Netanyahu, would prepare for a targeted escalation in the occupied West Bank, which could lead to a massive deterioration of security, and turn the forthcoming Israeli election agenda away from the failures of 7 October 2023.
Israeli army sources have expressed fears that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will exploit the escalation in the Bank to serve his interests in the elections, amid continued settler violence and the absence of a firm United States position, according to Israeli media.
The Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Eyal Zamir, warned Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that settler violence and loosening control in the West Bank could provoke a massive escalation, while the military leadership feared the army being drawn into the election struggle, as reported by The Jerusalem Post on 24 August, citing two Israeli interlocutors.
Ramallah: Concerns within the Israeli security institution are mounting that the situation in the occupied West Bank is getting out of control, as settler attacks on Palestinians are escalating, and tensions between the army and the Benjamin Netanyahu Government are increasing. This comes amid accusations by political parties in Israel, particularly Netanyahu, that a broad confrontation in the West Bank is being waged for electoral gain. [...]
#Sawalev is not a matter of Hebrew readings, whether Israel will rise in the West Bank, but to what level it will go up, whether it will remain within the confines of assassinations, incursions, and arrests, or become a broader military operation. At the heart of this equation are two interrelated factors: a Palestinian field of escalating tension, and internal Israeli accounts approaching ... this West Bank content on the verge of escalation.
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