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If BB leads normalization, it splits the right, the pragmatic right joins with the center,

the center left, and we have a new coalition for normalization.

What this means is that the only way to create a new architecture for the region

is to create a new architecture for Israeli politics. It has to come together. Right now,

it's divided right versus left, not is 1.30 a.m. on Monday, August 11th in Israel, as Israelis turned to a new day. On Sunday evening, Prime Minister

Netanyahu held a press conference in Jerusalem, actually two press conferences, one in English

and one in Hebrew, where he outlined the government's plans to move forward with the Gaza War.

This, of course, follows last week's cabinet approval of a plan for the IDF to

take over Gaza City, where roughly one million Palestinians, half the entire Gaza population, reside.

The plan would be to move the civilian population from Gaza City to Almawasi in southern Gaza,

which is next to Rafah, so the IDF can fight Hamas and

hopefully remove Hamas from Gaza City. During Netanyahu's press conference, he laid out five

principles for concluding the war. One, that Hamas be disarmed. Two, that all hostages be

released. Three, that Gaza be demilitarized.

Four, that Israel have overriding security control of the Gaza Strip. And five, that Gaza will be

ruled by a non-Israeli peaceful administration. On this last point, Natanyahu announced that Israel has identified

several candidates for a, quote, transitional authority that could govern the Gaza Strip once the

war concludes. Natanyahu told reporters that the conquest of Gaza City is not an indication of

plans for a permanent occupation of the Gaza Strip, but rather the best and fastest way to end the war.

He also took apart widespread accusations that Israel is responsible for starvation in Gaza,

accusing Hamas of responsibility for any hunger among Gaza and civilians and condemning international media for buying and parroting

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