By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
People are asking me to explain why does Hamas not want a ceasefire, not even for a few days.
The answer is simple.
Hamas does want a ceasefire, but Hamas cannot accept a cease fire.
One reason Hamas cannot accept a cease is because of Egypt - and spitting in the eye of the Egyptians is a very attractive byproduct of not accepting the Egyptian sponsored plea for the ceasefire.
Hamas wants Egypt to squirm. Hamas wants the Egyptians to open their borders and if they do, then Hamas
will consider agreeing to a ceasefire.
But the main reason Hamas cannot participate in a ceasefire is that they have nothing to show for all the rockets they have launched into Israel. Hamas cannot point to a single success. And given the tremendous damage inflicted by Israel on Gaza, they need to show their people some symbols of victory.
In the eyes of Hamas victory means huge numbers of Israel casualties and gross amounts of damage.
That is what Hamas needs. And that is a Catch-22 Middle East style.
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But you are also falling into a trap, with HAMAS looking better then Israel
ReplyDeleteI understand that it is very difficult to fight HAMAS their own territory, when they do use civilian shields , but the media only show dead children and mothers . You can probably survive as an isolated country , but like South Africa , it will not be a good outcome for Israel either
Please just shoot straight or not at all.