I Think We All Know The Answer To That,
Given The Palestinian’s Stated Goal Of Driving Israel Into The Sea
Max Boot :
” And how did the actual combatants–Israel and Hamas–fare? Normally war is seen as a zero-sum game: one side loses, the other side wins. This is a relatively rare case where both sides may be said to have won. Assuming that the truce holds, Israel won at least a temporary cessation of rocket attacks on its soil. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now faces the voters having been seen to adroitly walk the tightrope between too little a response and too much of a response to Hamas’s terror–too little would have been avoiding military action altogether, too much would have been (at least in the eyes of many Israelis) ordering a ground attack into Gaza. “
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When considering the chances of the cease fire, one has to take into account the bid for Palestinian statehood at the UN by Abbas.
Hamas does not want to see this type of recognition take place because it strives for an Islamic state that covers Israeli territory as well.
Recognition of Palestine would dwindle the chances of founding the Islamic state envisioned by Hamas.
It is no coincidence that the rockets started flying around the time Abas made his bid for statehood.
It is in Hamas’ interest to derail that bid and the rocket barrage is a suitable to achieve that goal.
Interesting Idea . Thanks . You’ve started the wheels turning .