Siege Versus Catapults -Amir Oren
Both in theory and in practice, this cease-fire accords Hamas equal status and international validity.
Israel flinched from engagement and settled for a stalemate - a stalemate that is a defeat. In the past few months, a biblical-style war was waged around Gaza: siege versus catapults. The catapults won.
Israel's siege was intended to avert a large-scale crisis reaching the point of hunger, while at the same time denying Hamas the possibility of showing economic development. The operation succeeded, the patient did not die, but the physician was the first to get tired, before the population in Gaza got fed up with Hamas and blamed the organization for its plight.
(Ha'aretz)
A Deal with the Devil -Sever Plocker
Without making any diplomatic-ideological-strategic concession, Hamas was recognized by Israel as the legitimate master of the Gaza Strip, the authentic representative of the Palestinian people...
This is a priceless gift for Hamas. Without it, it would have capitulated. We were within reach of this.
(Ynet News)
Both in theory and in practice, this cease-fire accords Hamas equal status and international validity.
Israel flinched from engagement and settled for a stalemate - a stalemate that is a defeat. In the past few months, a biblical-style war was waged around Gaza: siege versus catapults. The catapults won.
Israel's siege was intended to avert a large-scale crisis reaching the point of hunger, while at the same time denying Hamas the possibility of showing economic development. The operation succeeded, the patient did not die, but the physician was the first to get tired, before the population in Gaza got fed up with Hamas and blamed the organization for its plight.
(Ha'aretz)
A Deal with the Devil -Sever Plocker
Without making any diplomatic-ideological-strategic concession, Hamas was recognized by Israel as the legitimate master of the Gaza Strip, the authentic representative of the Palestinian people...
This is a priceless gift for Hamas. Without it, it would have capitulated. We were within reach of this.
(Ynet News)
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