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Andreas Krieg, a senior lecturer at the School of Security Studies at King's College London, said he was "underwhelmed" by the plans."It's really not an evolution of these vague statements and visions that Netanyahu and his government have put out in recent months," he told MEE.
Krieg questioned the wording on the point of local leaders not affiliated with "terrorist groups" playing a role in administering the enclave.
"Does that mean anybody who's ever worked in the [current Gaza] administration and has received payments through the Hamas central administration is now a terrorist and cannot work in administration?" he said. "It doesn’t work."
Such an approach brings back memories of the United States’s military operation in Iraq in 2003, Krieg said, in which it completely rooted out Saddam Hussein’s ruling Baath party.
"The biggest and greatest single act of strategic failure in Iraq was the complete eradication of the old administration," Krieg said.
"Hamas, more than the Baath Party, has been deeply ingrained in the local fabric of administration, governance, pretty much anything that has to do with civil society [in Gaza]."
| Period | 23 Feb 2024 |
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| Held at | Middle East Eye, United States |
Keywords
- Israel
- Gaza