This may be the ulterior motive of the Israeli state too, but 2024 proved that Israel cannot fight the protracted multi-front conflict that would result from resuming the war in Gaza anytime soon.

We saw that with the change in Israeli strategy this last week. We went from “release ALL the hostages or we begin fighting again, and we’re not even gonna agree to phase 2 talks lol” to accepting the original terms whilst at least making preparations to allow withheld aid deliveries to pass through Rafah. Israel has even sent a delegation to Cairo to begin talks, and a handful of US (GOP) politicians are walking back Trump’s “Gaza plan” as something they don’t believe will materialise.

Israel’s ultimate goal will always be the permanent expulsion of Palestinians from all of “greater israel” but it cannot achieve that through war alone. Al Aqsa flood proved that military might alone will not achieve these goals - Not before they crumble the state from within due to the contradictions of the colonial system therewith.