Ding
A reader on the Abu Muqawama blog gets it: “If Israel doesn’t perform up to expectations, talk is about how poorly Israel performed. When Israel routs an opponent, then Israel is the bully, and everyone talks about that.” Israel can’t win. Citizens of the world call for Israel, but not Hamas, to cease its fire. Israel does so, and the rockets predictably continue, now with an added justification, namely the continued presence of Israeli soldiers on Gazan territory. If Israel does nothing, Hamas and its cheerleaders will claim that the resistance has won. In a conflict which is often dominated by perception, this is crucial. Who’d be an Israeli policymaker? Read more
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