Yossi Schwartz ISL (RCIT section in Israel/Occupied Palestine) 07.10.2026
For 3 years the Zionist state has been fighting against the Gazan people and not only against Hamas but also against Lebanon, Syria and Iran. Now Netanyahu’s government is preparing an attack on Iraq and is organizing pogroms in the West Bank. None of the declared goals have been achieved. The Zionist monster that has committed the crime of genocide and has occupied south Lebanon, South Syria, and 60% of Gaza Strip is the most hated state in the world. The great pro-Palestinian movement is growing, and the support of the international working class is strongly felt. The British Trade Union Federation, the TUC that has 5 million members, is supporting the BDS. On October 30 the port workers in many countries will strike in solidarity with the Palestinians and the Palestinian trade unions will join. The Netherlands is imposing sanctions on the settlers in the West Bank, and the Green party is calling for one Palestinian state in the whole of Palestine.
Inside Israel there is a sharp hate between the opposite sides and there are talks of a possible civil war. The very influential Rabbi Dov Lando is saying that the Jews will live better under Arab rule. Leading Israeli Rabbi Condemns Zionism and Advocates Life under Arab Rule.
See our International secretary Michael Pröbsting: Leading Israeli Rabbi Condemns Zionism and Advocates Life under Arab Rule[i]
The sharp mind reporter of Maariv daily newspaper Ben Caspit wrote on October 6 :
“As Israel prepares to mark the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas assault, which triggered the country’s longest war in decades, none of the goals set by the government in response has been achieved.
With elections just three weeks away, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to pledge to voters that Israel will achieve objectives that have so far remained unmet.
Almost 500 Israeli soldiers and tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip during the war Israel launched in retaliation for the Oct. 7 attack, in which 250 people were taken hostage, most of them civilians. But Israeli intelligence assessments indicate that Hamas remains active, with the group estimated to have about 30,000 armed fighters, roughly the same as its estimated strength before the attack, Israeli security sources told Al-Monitor.”[ii]
“Hamas’ enduring grip on power
According to the assessments, Hamas fighters are less well trained and equipped than they were before the war, but Israel believes they remain equally dangerous and determined to maintain their grip on power, the sources said.
“We don’t see any indication that Hamas intends to disarm,” a senior Israeli military official told Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity. “Hamas knows very well that once it gives up its weapons, it cannot exist in the Gaza jungle. Israel is the only force that can make them disarm.”
Illustrating this point, David Zini, head of the Shin Bet domestic security agency, warned the security cabinet Monday that Hamas was nowhere near demilitarizing, despite strenuous efforts by the Trump administration and the Board of Peace it established to oversee the postwar administration of the enclave.
A source familiar with the meeting quoted Zini as saying that instead of demilitarizing, Hamas was considering an attack or a specific kidnapping operation around or after the upcoming elections.
Zini also warned lawmakers of possible links between Hamas and Iran-backed regional proxies, particularly Yemen’s Houthi rebels, which could trigger a multilateral conflict involving Israel, the source said.
Similar warnings have been issued to senior military and political leaders since June by senior military intelligence officers and senior officers in the Southern Command, who have also questioned the effectiveness of Israel’s current campaign of targeted killings against Hamas militants identified as having participated in the Oct. 7 attack or in the taking of hostages, the source added.
Israel’s frequent targeted killings in the Gaza Strip, in which senior Hamas officials have been killed in succession, have not significantly altered the organization’s efforts to rebuild and survive, according to one intelligence assessment. The group still enjoys the backing of large segments of the population and controls most of the Gaza Strip, according to the assessment.
These assessments of Israel’s failure to thwart Hamas’ buildup have prompted Netanyahu and far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to suggest that Israel is preparing to accomplish what it has so far been unable to achieve.”(2)
Endnotes:
[i]
Michael Pröbsting, Revolutionary Communist International Tendency (RCIT), 7 October 2026, www.thecommunists.net
(2)Ben Caspit Oct 6, 2026 https://www.al-monitor.com/index%2Ephp/originals/2026/10/three-years-after-oct-7-hamas-grip-gaza-tests-netanyahus-total-victory