{"id":19169,"date":"2024-11-27T10:25:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T10:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19169"},"modified":"2024-11-27T10:25:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T10:25:37","slug":"anger-and-distrust-among-displaced-israelis-at-ceasefire-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19169","title":{"rendered":"Anger and distrust among displaced Israelis at ceasefire deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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People are afraid to return to their homes in northern Israel<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Benjamin Netanyahu presented the ceasefire deal in the context of what he said were Israel\u2019s \u201cunprecedented achievements\u201d over the past year of a seven-front war.<\/p>\n

He said Israel had set Hezbollah back \u201ctens of years\u201d and that it was not the same group it had been before.<\/p>\n

There was a lot of focus on Israel\u2019s strength in doing what it believed needed to be done – in Gaza, in Lebanon and elsewhere – despite international opposition.<\/p>\n

And there was a lot of justification for the ceasefire too – it would allow Israel to \u201cconcentrate on the Iranian threat\u201d, Netanyahu said, emphasising that his country would retain full military freedom to counter any new Hezbollah threat.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s army said on Tuesday it had hit 180 targets in Lebanon in the past 24 hours. Here on the Israeli side of the border, there have been constant warnings of rocket barrages and drone attacks from Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Neither side wants this ceasefire deal to be seen as surrender.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But surrender is exactly what Netanyahu is being accused of by his political rivals – and some of his political allies too.<\/p>\n

One poll yesterday suggested that more than 80% of Netanyahu\u2019s support base opposed a deal, and residents in the north of Israel – large numbers of whom have been evacuated from their homes – are angry too.<\/p>\n

Nationally, the picture was more split, however. One poll showed 37% of Israelis in favour of the ceasefire, 32% against and 31% saying they didn’t know. <\/p>\n

Shelly, an English teacher in Shlomi, said a ceasefire was an \u201cirresponsible and hasty political decision\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rona Valency said she was worried about Hezbollah rebuilding in nearby Lebanese border areas<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Rona Valency, evacuated from kibbutz Kfar Giladi on 8 October last year, told me she wanted to go home, and that a ceasefire was needed, but that the idea of Lebanese residents returning to these villages gave her \u201ca real sense of unease and fright\u201d.<\/p>\n

From Kfar Giladi there are clear views of the Lebanese village of Odaisseh just across the valley.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only thing I can hope for is that Hezbollah will not infiltrate these villages and build a new network,\u201d Rona told me. <\/p>\n

\u201cApart from completely erasing these villages, and having no people there, there is no real physical thing that can make me feel safe. It\u2019s just, you know, hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her husband, Onn, said the key to security lay, not in the terms of the ceasefire agreement, but in people \u201cunderstand[ing] again, where we live; understand[ing] some things that a lot of us forgot\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said he didn\u2019t trust the Lebanese army, nor the Americans, to restore security along the border.<\/p>\n

\u201cI trust only our army,\u201d he said. \u201cI think if the army won\u2019t be there, it will be very, very hard to get the citizens back.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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From Kfar Giladi there are clear views of the Lebanese village of Odaisseh<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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This war has delivered a lot of military achievements for Israel – Hezbollah is weakened, its arsenals and infrastructure depleted, and its solidarity with Hamas broken.<\/p>\n

But Israel\u2019s armed forces are tired, its economy is suffering, and tens of thousands of its residents are displaced.<\/p>\n

Still, many here are urging Benjamin Netanyahu to continue the war in Lebanon – asking why the prime minister who has vowed to continue fighting in Gaza until \u201ctotal victory\u201d is signing a ceasefire in the north?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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