Jerusalem | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released on Friday his most detailed vision yet for a postwar Gaza Strip, pledging to retain indefinite military control over the enclave while ceding the administration of civilian life to Palestinian residents without links to Hamas.
The plan, if realised, would make it almost impossible to establish a contiguous Palestinian state in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, at least in the short term. That would probably accelerate a clash between Israel and a growing number of its foreign partners, including the United States, that are pushing for Palestinian sovereignty after the war ends.
