Peloni: Mike Doran and Gadi Taub discuss Trump’s peace plan and whether Israel won the war. Neither of them argue that Israel should have taken the war to completion. Gadi believes that the plan is actually intended to put Hamas in control, and leave them with the burden of actually governing in the wasteland they now control. Mike disagrees on this point and suggests that Trump is adopting a position halfway between the Arabs and Israel so as to become a better arbiter in the peacemaking process. Mike argues further that the crux of the problem for Israel is that taking the war to completion would be very costly for Israel in casualties, and that after having defeated Hamas, they would ultimately withdraw from Gaza, as has always been Netanyahu’s stated intention, following which some Hamas-like entity would rise up in Gaza and there would be no benefit for Israel having won the war. As Gadi notes, neither of them see this as a rosy conclusion to the war.
They also discuss Trump’s visit to the Knesset and the booing of Netanyahu at Hostage Square.
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