Afrasianet - Ahmed Abd El , Rahman - Some see the escalation of aggression on the West Bank as an attempt by the troubled Zionist prime minister to appease the far-right forces in Israel, which threaten morning and evening, especially after the ceasefire in Gaza. 

Almost twenty-three years ago, on the twenty-ninth of March 2002, former Zionist Prime Minister Ariel Sharon issued orders to begin a large-scale military operation against the cities and governorates of the occupied West Bank, calling his operation "Defensive Wall", under which Israeli forces invaded all cities of the West Bank, with the participation of more than 30,000 soldiers, including infantry forces, paratrooper divisions, and various elite units, in addition to more than 200 tanks, armored vehicles, attack helicopters, and others. That of weapons and equipment. 

 In that operation, in which Jenin, Ramallah and Nablus had the lion's share, the occupation army destroyed everything, killed and arrested hundreds of Palestinians, until it struck a suffocating cordon on the residence of the late leader Yasser Arafat at the Muqata'a headquarters in Ramallah, and kept him trapped there until the end of his life, when he was subjected to an assassination attempt by poison, which led to his martyrdom almost two and a half years later. 

After the end of the military campaign on the tenth of May of the same year, the Israeli enemy believed that it had achieved a number of goals, the most important of which was the invasion of the cities of the West Bank, the reoccupation of most of them, the almost complete destruction of the infrastructure of those cities, the reduction of commando operations to a minimum, even temporarily, and the consolidation of a new pattern in dealing with the Palestinians, the main feature of which is exaggerated violence, against citizens, most of whom are civilians and unarmed, without deserving the required condemnations, even from most Arab countries. to build the apartheid wall, which has had catastrophic effects on many Palestinian cities at all levels.

However, the situation on the ground was not the case, and the Israeli goals that he claimed to have achieved went unheeded, after the first martyrdom operation targeting bus No. 32 in the occupied city of Jerusalem, almost forty days after the aggression stopped. 

Today, the situation in the cities of the occupied West Bank seems very similar to those in that period, with some important differences, which could be influential and have serious repercussions, especially those related to the control of the extreme Israeli right-wing forces over the reins of power in the Hebrew "state", and the desire of these forces to implement their historical plans calling for imposing full control over all the territories of the West Bank, under the pretext that it is the exclusive land of "Israel", on which they claim was based the Jewish state, which carried The name "Judea and Samaria", in addition to the return of Donald Trump to assume the presidency in the United States of America, who is known for his overwhelming support for the Zionist entity, and the possibility of taking steps that may seem shocking and decisive in the interest of the entity as usual, not to mention the position of most Arab and Islamic regimes lax and suspicious, which does not seem to witness a remarkable transformation in the coming days, especially in light of the public and veiled threats that the leaders of those countries heard from the US president, which It also seems that they are cornered in the defense of their chairs and thrones, instead of paying attention to the interests of the peoples, or the just and just causes of the nation . 

In terms of reasons, some view the escalation of aggression on the West Bank as an attempt by the Zionist Prime Minister in crisis to appease the forces of the extreme right in "Israel", which threatens morning and evening, especially after the ceasefire in Gaza, to overthrow the government, and dismantle the coalition, which Netanyahu fears and tries to avoid with all his strength, as any fall of the current government means beyond any doubt the end of his political life, and opens the way wide for his trial and conviction in Corruption cases filed against him in the Israeli judiciary.

Another reason that some may see as important, especially after the tank weapon was thrown into the streets of the Jenin camp, is related to the attempt of the leaders of the Zionist "army" in particular to erase the catastrophic image that stuck in the minds of many, especially in Israeli society, related to the great fall on the morning of the seventh of October, which the current investigations taking place among the "army" indicate that what happened in it was a resounding and unprecedented fall, and revealed a huge defect in most of the military sectors of the "army". The occupation, foremost among them is the Military Intelligence Service, along with all other agencies concerned with intervening in times of emergency.

As for the third reason, which I see from my point of view closer to the truth, is the desire of the Hebrew "state" to exploit the presence of US President Donald Trump at the helm of power to do what it was unable to do during the past years, which is to restore operational control over some areas of the West Bank, specifically those that have been a chronic headache during the past three years, and constituted an embarrassment for all Israeli security services, and for the political and military levels as well, as at the top of these areas comes the Jenin governorate with its steadfast camp, Tulkarm, and at the heart of which is the Nour Shams camp. In addition to Nablus, although it has witnessed some calm recently, it remains one of the most important cities in whose camps there is a solid nucleus for Palestinian resistance. 

The three cities referred to above, as was the case in Operation Defensive Shield in 2002, enjoy the lion's share of the aggression, and are subjected to a systematic destruction and displacement aimed mainly at causing a state of despair among their inhabitants, and pushing them to reject the resistance, disengage from it, and overthrow it, which was exactly what was happening in the cities of the Gaza Strip during the months of war and aggression.  

However, apart from the real reasons for the Israeli military campaign against the cities and governorates of the West Bank, and regardless of the time it will take, which seems to be not short, a military operation of this magnitude, and with the presence of extremist religious forces and currents that support it, and call for its expansion to include all areas of the West Bank, leading in the end to the imposition of full control over it, the consequences that will result from it could be very dangerous unless it is addressed, or confronted with all methods and tools. Owned by the Palestinians, who bear the burden of thwarting the occupation plans with their direct effort, and away from any waiting for the role of complicit international institutions, or the helpless Arab regimes, or even the Palestinian Authority, which is busy pursuing and arresting the resisters, in an attempt to present its credentials to Trump and Netanyahu, in a way that qualifies it later to take over the reins of affairs in the Gaza Strip with Arab and international support and Israeli approval, as some countries in the region desire.        

One of the expected results, especially if the military operation expands to the rest of the West Bank, is the collapse and disintegration of the Palestinian Authority apparatus, which, although it provides indispensable security services to  the "state" of occupation, as was the case in the security operation in the Jenin camp weeks ago, remains undesirable for the far-right forces in Israel, and is seen as giving Palestinians some legitimacy to stay in their cities and villages that Zionist religious parties seek to control and turn into settlements. New makes the dream of a state of Judea and Samaria a reality.

It is true that some conditions have not yet matured in terms of the implementation of this dangerous project, but what is happening on the ground in recent months in the absence of decisive international or regional positions could make it implementable, albeit partially and relatively.

The second outcome that we can see soon, especially in the event of the collapse of the PA, is the explosion of all cities and governorates of the West Bank in the face of the occupier, and the ignition of a popular and armed uprising that turns the tables on the head of the enemy's "state", foremost of which is its military and political leadership. This scenario, although it needs a heavyweight detonator, which we can see during the holy month of Ramadan, for example, especially in light of the occupation's announcement of new restrictions in Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Ibrahimi Mosque. Al-Sharif in Hebron, the possibility of such an intifada seems highly likely, which is what some former heads of the Israeli security services have warned about, who see the re-ignition of the West Bank as a matter of great danger to the security of the Hebrew "state", and that what the occupation army is currently doing is an unsafe adventure that could lead to unfortunate consequences.  

A third consequence that some believe is inevitable, especially in light of the occupation's reluctance to implement its obligations regarding the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, in addition to its continued control over some areas in southern Lebanon, and its many provocations there, is the return of fighting to all the arenas in which it stopped recently, and the resumption of military operations between the resistance factions in Gaza and the region on the one hand, and the occupation "army" on the other, as the escalation of aggression on the cities of the West Bank, and the expected provocations and restrictions In the coming days, in addition to not starting negotiations for the second phase of the truce agreement in Gaza, things may explode again, which is what Netanyahu and his extremist coalition desire, which puts his personal interest and preserving his political future at the forefront of the goals he seeks to reach at this stage. 

In any case, far from diving further into anticipating the consequences of the expansion of aggression against the cities of the occupied West Bank, which could turn into the main confrontation arena in the coming weeks and months, the possibility of the Zionist enemy resolving the battle there by military means or through political projects and plans seems out of the question, as the brakes that stand in the face of the Israeli push are many and numerous, foremost of which is the vitality and stability of the Palestinian people and their resistance forces, which have been able over the past years to surprise The occupation on more than one level, thwarting many of the plans it was seeking to implement, and even forcing it to adopt defensive plans such as erecting separation walls and enhancing security around its illegal settlements.

On the tenth of April 2002, while Zionist tanks and bulldozers were attacking the Jenin camp, the young Ragheb Jaradat, who did not complete his second decade at the time, came out of the heart of the destruction, and from the rubble, to blow up his skinny body in a bus carrying Zionist soldiers in the occupied city of Haifa, killing and wounding dozens of them, in an operation that shook the pillars of the Israeli security establishment, and opened the door wide about the feasibility of a military attack at that time.

Perhaps things will seem in the coming days favorable to repeat the same scenario, as this people, who during more than 76 years of occupation refused to surrender or submit, has all the qualifications and capabilities that make it able to overthrow the enemy's plans, even if all the evil forces in the world stand by it, which will not be able, no matter how capable they are, to force our people to abandon their land and holy sites, for which they paid a heavy price, and are ready to continue these things. The march paved with blood and body parts, no matter how much sacrifice.