Describing the situation of the Zionist regime last year and this year, a Palestinian Studies Center predicted that domestic and global developments would reduce the regime’s bullying in 2021 and strengthen the Palestinian struggle.
The Center for Strategic Studies “Madar”, whose office is located in Ramallah, in a report examined the developments in occupied Palestine in 2020 and 2021.
According to the report, the developments in the Israeli regime show a contradictory picture; on the one hand, this regime appears as a powerful state, as if it is a large regional power, but on the other hand, it is a crisis-ridden state from within especially since the results of the regime’s recent elections on March 23, 2021, the fourth election in two years, deepened the regime’s political disintegration because the “camp” of Benjamin Netanyahu’s supporters or the camp of his opponents failed to get enough seats in the Knesset for the formation of a small and stable coalition, and even the scenario of holding a fifth election.
The center added that the Israeli regime did not face any strategic threat to its existence last year (2020) and moved freely at the political and security level in the regional environment but on the other hand, the Corona virus, along with the political crisis, was a strategic internal threat that could weaken government trust and distrust it, so the “Israeli internal system” became for the first time a source of threats and dangers that may lead to security.
The report of the Palestinian Center identifies three factors in shaping the scene and controlling the rhythm of the Israeli regime’s internal, external, and regional relations; “Donald Trump’s presence in the US presidency in the election year, the continuation of the domestic political crisis and the spread of the corona”; But with the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021, these factors changed, including the fact that after the vaccine was injected, the Israeli regime achieved good results in controlling the corona, Trump’s term ended, and Joe Biden replaced him, and these were decided by the International Criminal Court.
The report goes on to predict that these developments will have important implications for the Israeli regime’s policy on the Palestinian issue in the future and will reduce Israeli bullying in 2020 to some extent. Among the factors that led to this bullying were the Trump administration, Israel‘s technological and military superiority, and some other issues such as the weak strategic position of the Arab states, the Palestinian conflict, the regional strategic position, the war axes, and Israel’s alliance with peripheral countries in Europe.
At the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021, some factors changed slightly, the Palestine Center for Oriental Studies concluded; The Israeli regime seems to be moving out of the Corona crisis, but on the other hand, it is moving towards a crisis in the political arena, given the election results; On the foreign front, Donald Trump’s tumultuous period is over and the presidency of the United States has passed to the Democratic Party. On the other hand, the International Criminal Court has made an important decision to start an investigation into war crimes in the Palestinian territories, which means that the opportunity for the Palestinians to fight and move towards the end of the occupation may be strengthened.