📰 One Year to Oblivion: Israel’s Long War and Trump’s Vanishing Shadow

📍 Trump may be shaking hands in Doha, but Gaza is burning — again.

As the IDF prepares for a full-scale offensive in the Gaza Strip, a new doctrine has emerged from Jerusalem: no ceasefires, no mediators, no illusions. The campaign, dubbed Gideon’s Chariots, envisions 12+ months of continuous combat, the dismantling of Hamas “down to the last tunnel,” and a clear message to allies and enemies alike: Israel will finish this war alone.

💣 The Trump Vacuum
• Former National Security Advisor Yaakov Amidror was blunt:

“The war won’t end with Trump in the region. It will begin once he leaves.”

• Trump came, promised, postured — and flew to Qatar instead of Jerusalem.
• U.S. envoys bring Stars of David to hostages, but not solutions to Gaza.

🛡 The Israeli Strategy
• “Clear and hold” replaces “clear and leave” — no more temporary raids.
• Hostage diplomacy? Over. Now it’s missile diplomacy: Hamas operatives are being hunted relentlessly.
• The next targets? Civilian shields: hospitals, schools, mosques — Hamas’s preferred hiding places.

📉 What’s Left of Hamas
• 58 hostages remain. Most likely dead.
• Hamas command is fragmented. Their operatives are described by Israeli intelligence as “exhausted, starving, paranoid.”
• But propaganda persists. Hostage videos. Islamic slogans. And global headlines condemning Israel for every strike near a civilian site.

🧠 Strategic Calculation
• Amidror warns:

“If we don’t clean Gaza ourselves, no third party will. And if they come in, they’ll let Hamas grow back.”

• The war, he argues, must last at least a year — perhaps more.
• The goal: not peace, but deterrence. Not calm, but irreversible erosion.

🧱 The Long Game
• Israel is not planning for a postwar peace — it’s planning for permanence.
• “We’ll be 10 million, 15 million, 20 million,” says ex-Shin Bet official Shalom Arbel.

“There will be no room left for a Palestinian state.”

• Civilians in Gaza? The new plan is to “sterilize” zones, divide populations, and “enable voluntary emigration.”

🌍 The Global Split
• In the Hague: indictments loom.
• In Arab capitals: denouncements continue.
• In Tel Aviv: the war council meets daily.
• In Washington: silence. Or worse — diplomacy with Hamas’s benefactors.

🤔 The Real Question
While Trump collects luxury planes in Doha, Netanyahu is preparing for a generational war. Who’s actually winning in the Middle East?
And if the war lasts another year, will anyone still care what America thinks?

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