Anti-Hamas Clansman Killed: Israel's 'Alternative' Plan Falters
The supposed 'anti-Hamas' Gazan clansman, Yasser Abu Shabab, was reportedly killed, torpedoing Israel's ill-conceived plan to install local 'leaders' once Hamas is 'eradicated.' This strategy of delegitimizing existing authority, then searching for compliant (and often previously unknown) local figures, is as old as colonial occupation itself. One might wonder if the plan was ever truly about
stability, or simply about deflecting the inevitable questions about Israel's own responsibility for the chaos it sows. Remember when the US tried a similar 'hearts and minds' approach with 'local partners' in Iraq after 'Mission Accomplished'? Or how Netanyahu, in 2014, also discussed 'non-Hamas' entities taking over Gaza? The outcome is consistently predictable: further destabilization and
resentment. The idea that a genuine, credible 'alternative' to Hamas would emerge from under Israeli occupation, let alone survive while collaborating, is pure fantasy. It raises the question: where exactly do these 'anti-Hamas' forces get their weapons and influence, if not from the very occupiers? And how many times must such a 'plan' fail before it's recognized as a deliberate tactic of
perpetual conflict?