It has not been generally noted, but Hamas’s strategy has been very successful and Israel is playing into its hands. The rockets Hamas fires into Israel cause Israel little loss beyond the cost of intercepting those that would cause deaths or damage to property. Hamas also knows that the rain of rockets obliges the Israelis to try to take out the launching sites. The density of population in Gaza ensures that Israeli retaliation wreaks mayhem in the civilian population. So Hamas’s strategy successfully inflames and reinforces the hatred of Israel by the inhabitants of Gaza, and stirs up anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic feeling elsewhere. I do not claim to know what policy a wiser government of Israel would pursue against an organisation that is overtly dedicated to the destruction of the State of Israel, but the consequences of the present policy need to be more considered by all concerned. Sir Jeremy Lever, All Souls College, Oxford
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 22:59:53 +0000
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