Abbas--has lost a significant amount of legitimacy from this--particularly among the arab nations. If israel was smart, they would ensure that the Palestinian cause be--Palestinian--not islamic and not arabic, as that draws in support from the arab and islamic world--this war did the exact opposite--and that is going to be problematic for israel in the long run.
if the goal of this war was to stop rocket fire---it failed
if it was to stop smugglin-it will fail--israel could not stop smuggling when it controlled the borders.
if it was to remove hamas from power--it entrenched them
if it was to embolden abbas--it weakened him
if it was to serve as a deterrent--it has not-just like lebanon--
so other than killing 1300 people---half of them women and children---what has israel accomplished of its stated goals-----????? |
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