Publicly, Hamas says it’s entitled to defend the Palestinians by firing on Israel. How tactics causing mass killing of Palestinians can be called defending is a tad obscure. But Hamas had good reasons to keep fighting. Before the crisis it was broke, isolated, friendless and increasingly irrelevant. After three weeks of battle it’s still broke, isolated and friendless, but no longer irrelevant. It’s calling the shots in an international crisis that dominates world headlines. It appears to be regaining popularity on the Palestinian street, at Abbas’s expense. It’s proved it can make Israelis’ lives miserable.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:31:56 +0000
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