The Religious Zionism party issued a statement Wednesday criticizing Nitzan Alon, the outgoing head of the Hostages and Missing Persons Command, accusing him of pushing for "total surrender to Hamas." The party argues its approach brought all hostages home and now controls 70% of the Gaza Strip, according to a statement passed to the press.
The Religious Zionism party issued a sharp response to the remarks made by outgoing hostages chief Nitzan Alon at the Herzliya Conference on Wednesday afternoon. In a statement released to the press, the party accused Alon of having pushed for "total surrender to Hamas" throughout the two years of war, claiming his approach would have let Hamas rule the fence-line communities with international commitments to rebuild Gaza without disarming.
The party touted its own line — described as involving heavy costs — as the one that brought home all hostages, living and deceased, and secured Israeli military control of roughly 70% of the Gaza Strip, with Hamas confined to a dense pocket and facing international guarantees for its complete dismantlement. The statement concluded by saying it was fortunate Israel did not succumb to Alon's "irresponsible campaign" to capitulate to a terror organization.
Alon, whose tenure as head of the Hostages and Missing Persons Command recently ended, earlier delivered a blistering critique of the political echelon at the same conference, saying earlier hostage deals had been blocked in the name of a "total victory" that he called a lie, as The Zioneer reported. The Religious Zionism statement directly counters that narrative.
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