Resit Kemal As / Editor-in-Chief, World Of Global
Netanyahu spoke. Clearly, harshly, and without leaving room for debate.
“Gaza will not be rebuilt.”
“No Turkish or Qatari troops will come.”
“A Palestinian state will not be established.”
📌 So who is lying?
In fact, this question itself is misleading. Because what we are witnessing is not a lie in the classical sense, but a division of roles. One side speaks loudly, while others imply what cannot be openly said. One speaks to the battlefield, others leave hope on the negotiating table.
Netanyahu’s statements are not new; what is unusual is how openly and unfiltered they are being expressed. Israel has long pursued the same policy. What has changed is that it no longer feels the need to wrap it in diplomatic packaging.
📌 So then, who is lying?
In reality, Netanyahu is disrupting a game that others have been quietly maintaining. While concepts such as “reconstruction,” “international force,” “interim administration,” and “two-state solution” circulate in discussions about Gaza, Israel has been building the exact opposite on the ground: permanent control, military pressure, and political uncertainty.
For this reason, Netanyahu’s statement is not a denial — it is a revelation.
The condition of Gaza’s demilitarization is not a prerequisite for reconstruction; it is a declaration that reconstruction is not desired at all. Because a demilitarized Gaza without political will is not a living city, but an open-air prison.
The issue of Turkish and Qatari troops reveals Israel’s most sensitive red line: the presence of international legitimacy on the ground. Israel does not want anyone other than the United States to have a physical presence in Gaza. Because that would mean oversight. Witnesses. Records.
As for the Palestinian state… here Netanyahu is not actually calling anyone a liar; he is simply stating the reality. There is no political will in Israel that would allow such a state to be established. Not today, and not tomorrow. The rhetoric of the “two-state solution” has become a tool for the international community to ease its own conscience.
📌 So the real question should be this:
Not who is lying — but who is buying time by postponing the truth?
Some want to remain at the table by selling hope for Gaza. Others avoid responsibility by saying “later.” Netanyahu, by saying “never,” disrupts this game. It is a crude, ruthless, but consistent line.
Do these statements harden Israel’s intentions? No.
They simply make intentions that were already hard visible.
And perhaps this is what is most disturbing. Because now no one can say, “we were misunderstood.” No one can hide behind the excuse, “we didn’t think it would come to this.”
Every scenario discussed for Gaza must now be rewritten after these words. Either this reality will be confronted, or diplomatic fairy tales will continue to be told.
In the end, Netanyahu’s question is the wrong one.
It is not about who is lying.
It is about who is pretending by choosing not to see the truth.
And in this division of roles, those who pay the price are always the same:
Those without a voice.
Those not at the table.
Those living in Gaza.