The co-director of the Institute for Conflict Studies and Humanitarian Action (IECAH), Jesus A. Nunez Villaverdehas analyzed in laSexta the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after the takeover of the Rafah crossing by Israel.

As indicated, “Israel has such overwhelming superiority that, with or without a tactic like the one he is using now in Rafah, it is evident that at any negotiating table he has the conditions to impose his dictate.” “Not only in military, political or economic terms, but he also has the support behind of the United States, which as we have seen so far gives it diplomatic cover and allows it to do things like this offensive in Rafah,” he added.

Furthermore, the expert has insisted that the takeover of the Rafah crossing “would not have occurred if it did not have the green light from Washington.”

Many have considered that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has razed the Rafah crossing as a way to show his strength, but Núñez Villaverde has insisted that “Israel does not need a show of force like the one he is now demonstrating.” According to him, “he has already done it in the last seven months and he will continue doing it as long as he continues with the theatrical farce of accepting a ceasefire.”