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Bring us war in Gaza
By Zvi Bar'el
Tags: Israel, Hamas, military, Gaza
 

In the end, we will enter Gaza. Not because a "major blow" or "wide-scale operation" can really convince a million and a half people living under siege conditions and poverty that they have nothing left to lose and it is worthwhile to rebel against Hamas. This sense of helplessness already exists in any case. For this purpose, unbearable sanctions have been imposed, which are again based on the same distorted conception that failed in Lebanon.

According to this conception, if civilian targets are hit - and this time we are talking about civilians - the people will rebel against Hamas, and everything will be rosy. But we cannot ignore the contradiction here. If the Israeli sanctions - sharply reducing fuel supplies, the plan to cut electricity, closing crossing points and preventing the movement of goods - were really working, there would be no need for a military attack.

Can a military operation succeed where sanctions have failed? This is precisely the moment to remember that the Qassam rockets and arms smuggling via the Philadelphi route tunnels did not start after sanctions were imposed. They were there when the Israel Defense Forces fully controlled Gaza, when targeted and non-targeted liquidations were the rule, and when Israeli intelligence knew where every car was headed. The IDF's reentry to the Strip, with all its armor and aerial might, assumes that this time the result will be different - without a convincing explanation.
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The IDF knows that Gaza is not Jenin refugee camp, or south Lebanon. Gaza is a maze of alleyways with thousands of children, women and old people, as well as ordinary men who do not fire Qassams or set off explosives. According to what the IDF has fed the media in recent weeks, Gaza also has an abundance of explosives, weapons of all types, and in particular, plenty of motivation to fight. All this, of course, should not necessarily deter Israel from attacking targets, buildings or Palestinian forces that continue to fire Qassams.

But the IDF already makes such attacks every day. It also enters populated areas, operates unmanned aerial vehicles and fires freely at Qassam squads. What could a wide-scale operation accomplish that the targeted attacks do not? Can we understand from this that just as a wide-scale operation makes clear the ineffectiveness of sanctions, it also attests to the failure of small-scale and targeted operations?

Or perhaps the only purpose of a wide-scale operation is to satisfy the lust for prestige because a state cannot allow its people to be attacked every day and stand idly by. After all, something must be done, and there is nothing wrong with an occasional showcase operation, which at least would give Sderot's residents renewed faith in their government and counter the feeling (which apparently has some basis) that the people of Sderot are considered less important than those of Tel Aviv or Netanya.

But it turns out that the residents of Sderot are not eager for war in Gaza. They only sought protection for their homes, protection that would certainly cost less than the war the IDF is about to wage against Gaza. But there is no prestige in protection; there is no might and no showcase. Protection is a budget item, while war is a demonstration of strength. Regarding protection, the prime minister can say, "We will not protect ourselves to death." But regarding war, one cannot say, "We will not fight ourselves to death." The latter statement lacks the demagogic ring of the former. Besides, the trauma of Lebanon must heal, and there is nothing like a successful war to heal a failed war. But there is no way to certify that this would indeed be a more successful war.

In short: a war is needed. We can only guess what the new Palestinian partner, President Mahmoud Abbas, will say when the IDF accidentally hits a school or health clinic. Will he still be able to shake Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's hand and kiss Olmert's wife on the cheek? We could tell him, of course, that he could do us the honor of wiping out terror himself. Abbas would undoubtedly respond that negotiations exist to serve this very purpose.
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  1.   Israels choice: Innocence or Guilt....???? 10:33  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/12/07
  2.   Wake up and smell the coffee 10:36  |  David 16/12/07
  3.   Are you really that politically stupid and sick over there? 10:39  |  Dutch 16/12/07
  4.   Why not give an option to the those who are 10:44  |  Akram Zekaria 16/12/07
  5.   This wouldn`t make a blind bit of difference to Israel 10:52  |  Clickfool 16/12/07
  6.   #1, Dino 10:57  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 16/12/07
  7.   # 6 Cipora Julianna Kohn 11:19  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/12/07
  8.   Nonsense-Build Shelters for Everyone? 11:41  |  Ben Israel 16/12/07
  9.   #1 akram zekaria??is that your real name? 11:46  |  Marine 16/12/07
  10.   This is how this war will play out: 11:47  |  Danny 16/12/07
  11.   WATCH OUT HAMAS 11:47  |  indrajaya 16/12/07
  12.   ZVI BAREL`S POSITION IS AS CONFORTABLE 11:56  |  Robert 16/12/07
  13.   #9 supposed marine 11:58  |  David 16/12/07
  14.   #13 to David from Yerushalaïm 13:06  |  Marine 16/12/07
  15.   Marine in London (no name either) 13:15  |  Jasmine Murphy 16/12/07
  16.   Zvi Bar`el you must be stupid 13:26  |  Sarah 16/12/07
  17.   #3 doris in the country of the blind 13:27  |  v hardman 16/12/07
  18.   9# Marine. It is my real name & I am a real 13:35  |  Akram Zekaria 16/12/07
  19.   #9 marine of london needs intense history courses 13:36  |  victor hardman 16/12/07
  20.   #5 Clickfool 13:38  |  Sarah 16/12/07
  21.   Clickfool,Dutch,Swiss Dino,swiss,honourably put,but you are 13:43  |  lakshmi 16/12/07
  22.   I am against 13:47  |  KUTW 16/12/07
  23.   #18 To Mr Zekaria 13:57  |  Marine 16/12/07
  24.   For Sarah # 290 13:57  |  Clickfool 16/12/07
  25.   lakshmi 14:00  |  Sarah 16/12/07
  26.   Clickfool 14:08  |  Sarah 16/12/07
  27.   # 21 lakshmi 14:23  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/12/07
  28.   23# Marine, thank you for respecting my opinion,I wish 14:28  |  Akram Zekaria 16/12/07
  29.   to Akram Zekaria #4 - flawed logic 14:30  |  zeev 16/12/07
  30.   Clickfool,a word of advice,no point in wasting your day trying to 14:31  |  lakshmi 16/12/07
  31.   For Sarah again # 26 14:36  |  Clickfool 16/12/07
  32.   RETAKE GAZA,DRIVE TERRORISTS OUT,LET JEWS RETURN TO GAZA FOREVER! 14:37  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 16/12/07
  33.   A `real` war with Gaza would make it a ghost town! 14:44  |  Petra 16/12/07
  34.   VOICE OF THE MIDDLE AGES)))))))) 14:49  |  Robert 16/12/07
  35.   lakshmi 14:52  |  Sarah 16/12/07
  36.   Lakshmi, a world campaign is already underway 14:56  |  Dutch 16/12/07
  37.   Every Qassam is a war crime 15:02  |  Da Nang 16/12/07
  38.   #31 Clickfool 15:02  |  Sarah 16/12/07
  39.   35Sarah,I don`t recall saying you should wear a hijab to hide 15:22  |  lakshmi 16/12/07
  40.   to Akram Zekaria #18 15:25  |  zeev 16/12/07
  41.   #swiss dino rewrites the geneva conventions. 15:28  |  duncan 16/12/07
  42.   Dino-innocence and guilt? 15:31  |  Maurice 16/12/07
  43.   For Sarah, who now has me confused # 38 15:43  |  Clickfool 16/12/07
  44.   all are seeing but nobody is registering 15:44  |  Kris 16/12/07
  45.   29# Zeev. Jewish Compassion has no limites 15:48  |  Akram Zekaria 16/12/07
  46.   27Swiss Dino,the Russian immigration was deliberate israeli 15:52  |  lakshmi 16/12/07
  47.   Statesmanship in the land of the Generals 15:59  |  Tosefta 16/12/07
  48.   to David #13 - good question 16:00  |  zeev 16/12/07
  49.   Israel`s Gaza Operationss, Ultimately an Economic One! 16:04  |  Ambrose 16/12/07
  50.   Dutchie & LockSchmidt: Stop posting your rubbish to HAARETZ,women 16:04  |  Vittorio 16/12/07
  51.   #2 David 16:14  |  Ben Alofs 16/12/07
  52.   Gaza 16:18  |  Joseph 16/12/07
  53.   #22 KUTW 16:49  |  Boycott 16/12/07
  54.   The `superior` Jews 17:04  |  Jake 16/12/07
  55.   to Akram Zekaria #45 - compassion vs. logic 17:05  |  zeev 16/12/07
  56.   53Boycott 17:11  |  KUTW 16/12/07
  57.   Petition Haaretz - Ban Clickfool 17:14  |  Barry 16/12/07
  58.   I`m surprised that Israel 17:19  |  Chris Linthwaite 16/12/07
  59.   Israel snatching defeat from the jaws of victory 17:20  |  Tosefta 16/12/07
  60.   #51 dr ben and the cart before the horse 17:25  |  victor hardman 16/12/07
  61.   swiss dino 17:35  |  scallywag 16/12/07
  62.   57 Barry, Clickfool by any other name is still a fool AND 17:36  |  The Equalizer 16/12/07
  63.   #54 jake bush snr on zionism 18:04  |  duncan 16/12/07
  64.   # 41 duncan 18:06  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/12/07
  65.   #56 KUTW 18:06  |  Boycott 16/12/07
  66.   to Sarah #16 - of course they are 18:12  |  zeev 16/12/07
  67.   #58 chris 18:12  |  duncan 16/12/07
  68.   # 42 Maurice 18:21  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/12/07
  69.   # 61 scallywag 18:28  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/12/07
  70.   #1 Swiss,What do you call Camp David? 18:29  |  TOMY 16/12/07
  71.   65.Boycott 18:31  |  KUTW 16/12/07
  72.   60Victor Hardman(&Ben Alof),VH you are right about the date,1920, 18:37  |  lakshmi 16/12/07
  73.   RE:Bring us war in Gaza. 18:47  |  Karliner 16/12/07
  74.   Israel...Will strike..When its Ripe.! 19:00  |  Stephen. 16/12/07
  75.   But Barry - I`m on the Haaretz payroll # 67 19:19  |  Clickfool 16/12/07
  76.   Answer for TOMY # 70 19:23  |  Clickfool 16/12/07
  77.   What Isreal should do is this 19:36  |  Adrian de Klerk 16/12/07
  78.   Barel must be made to live in Sderot so he can enjoy his ideology 19:36  |  AllLeftistsToSderot 16/12/07
  79.   BARRY AND CLICKFOOL 19:57  |  Larry 16/12/07
  80.   #64 swiss 20:27  |  duncan 16/12/07
  81.   hasta-la-vista Gaza 20:30  |  Zvi 16/12/07
  82.   #68 swiss 20:33  |  duncan 16/12/07
  83.   #77 Adrian on killing civilians 21:09  |  BBSNews 16/12/07
  84.   End Time for Hamas 21:09  |  Yoram 16/12/07
  85.   Israel must respond to Arab aggression 21:11  |  Alexander Frank 16/12/07
  86.   Turn Gaza City Into a Parking Lot 21:12  |  Mark Hamil 16/12/07
  87.   #80 Arnold chiche`s 21:16  |  BBSNews 16/12/07
  88.   Ignore Clickfool and his other identities 21:32  |  Mark Hamil 16/12/07
  89.   to Mark Hamil #82 - on a chair and a parking lot 21:46  |  zeev 16/12/07
  90.   Depopulation of as many kilometers as 21:47  |  TOMY 16/12/07
  91.   APARTHEID was not abolished - it moved to Israel 21:55  |  ISRAEL=APARTHEID 16/12/07
  92.   81 Yoram,dream on! Neither the Arab countries nor the 21:56  |  lakshmi 16/12/07
  93.   #66 Zeev 21:59  |  Sarah 16/12/07
  94.   Israel Army should read NIE 2007! Learn from U.S. Intelligence! 22:04  |  Moses in Washington 16/12/07
  95.   #71 KUTW 22:07  |  Boycott 16/12/07
  96.   To M Hamil 22:08  |  *POINT 4* 16/12/07
  97.   #32 Get lost satan 22:08  |  One 16/12/07
  98.   Relocate Sderot to Har Home 22:11  |  Mike 16/12/07
  99.   "A large scale operation." 22:14  |  Maureen Ann 16/12/07
  100.   Swiss (Dingo) Hay Swiss How nice 22:16  |  Gil 16/12/07
  101.   For Mark Hamil # 85 22:17  |  Clickfool 16/12/07
  102.   # 76 Clicky,I asked a question,and you, 22:21  |  TOMY 16/12/07
  103.   Israel should establish direct link 22:25  |  mike 16/12/07
  104.   In every normal society if a gov doesnt deliver 22:28  |  TOMY 16/12/07
  105.   #95 Mike,What complain???????????? 22:30  |  TOMY 16/12/07
  106.   #86 Zeev wrong Again! (not the first or last time) 22:34  |  Mark Hamil 16/12/07
  107.   #2 David. Wake up and smell reality. 22:37  |  Maureen Ann 16/12/07
  108.   #94 POINT,And what hapened to Jewish 22:40  |  TOMY 16/12/07
  109.   INVASION WON`T WORK 22:53  |  Mark of Lewiston 16/12/07
  110.   Cut, cut cut! 22:55  |  VOICE of da MOHEL))) 16/12/07
  111.   # 70 TOMY / # 80 duncan / # 100 Gil 22:55  |  Swiss (Dino) 16/12/07
  112.   Moses of Washington 22:57  |  Larry 16/12/07
  113.   to Sarah #93 23:29  |  zeev 16/12/07
  114.   Zvi Bar`el is soft in the head...... 00:05  |  Judah N. Wenkel 17/12/07
  115.   Swiss (Dino) #111 Thought you were smarter than that 00:11  |  Gil 17/12/07
  116.   Negotiating and compromising are tabu.... 00:24  |  Esther 17/12/07
  117.   to swiss Dino # 111 00:24  |  Judah N. Wenkel 17/12/07
  118.   95. Boycott 00:25  |  KUTW 17/12/07
  119.   #118 KUTW 00:49  |  Boycott 17/12/07
  120.   21 "General" lakshmi 00:50  |  leo 17/12/07
  121.   to Sarah #93 - cont. 00:52  |  zeev 17/12/07
  122.   To Israel Detractors and those against an Gaza Invasion 00:53  |  Mark Hamil 17/12/07
  123.   Classic Wrong Think 00:55  |  Mark Lincoln 17/12/07
  124.   # 115 Gil 00:56  |  Swiss (Dino) 17/12/07
  125.   Only if it works 00:58  |  Mark Lincoln 17/12/07
  126.   Yes, but punitive is what is wanted Mark of Lewiston 01:06  |  Mark Lincoln 17/12/07
  127.   # 117 Judah N. Wenkel 01:07  |  Swiss (Dino) 17/12/07
  128.   Tosefta, -SHAME on You.....! 01:15  |  Judah N. Wenkel 17/12/07
  129.   #111 Swiss,so it is better to be a dead guy 01:15  |  TOMY 17/12/07
  130.   to Esther # 116 01:20  |  Judah N. Wenkel 17/12/07
  131.   to Judah N. Wenkel #114 01:22  |  zeev 17/12/07
  132.   #10 You missed out one step, Danny 01:28  |  Johnboy 17/12/07
  133.   #4 Akram 01:39  |  hat 17/12/07
  134.   to Judah N. Wenkel #114 - cont 01:41  |  zeev 17/12/07
  135.   #99, Maureen Ann... 01:41  |  Silvienne 17/12/07
  136.   better a war with no achievable object 02:06  |  burnard lewis 17/12/07
  137.   Gaza civilians will die because they chose Hamas terrorism 02:09  |  Voice of Reason 17/12/07
  138.   to Zeev in Beer Sheva # 131 02:30  |  Judah N. Wenkel 17/12/07
  139.   #7, Dino 02:50  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/12/07
  140.   137Voice of Reason,wrong! The Palestinians chose a genuine 03:04  |  lakshmi 17/12/07
  141.   #111 swiss 03:05  |  duncan 17/12/07
  142.   #40, zeev 03:18  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/12/07
  143.   to Mark Hamil #106 03:21  |  zeev 17/12/07
  144.   War in Gaza because of Qassams 03:32  |  RA 17/12/07
  145.   #2,David, Has It Right ! 03:32  |  Gary 17/12/07
  146.   133# hat "Israel is doomed".A question of LIES pt-1 03:47  |  Akram Zekaria 17/12/07
  147.   #64, Dino 03:56  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/12/07
  148.   qassams 04:01  |  rico 17/12/07
  149.   #124, Dino 04:02  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/12/07
  150.   Swiss (Dino) 04:07  |  Franco 17/12/07
  151.   #109, Mark of Lewiston 04:12  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/12/07
  152.   Cipora - logical fallacies 04:14  |  Mark Lincoln 17/12/07
  153.   Zeev of Beer-Sheva 04:23  |  Mark Lincoln 17/12/07
  154.   Laksmi - the Palestinians did no such thing 04:27  |  Mark Lincoln 17/12/07
  155.   #143 Zeev 04:37  |  Franco 17/12/07
  156.   Purpose Of war in Gaza 04:39  |  Gabin 17/12/07
  157.   Cipora - counter insurgency 04:42  |  Mark Lincoln 17/12/07
  158.   #148 qassams / Rico 04:46  |  Gabin 17/12/07
  159.   #152, Mark 04:57  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/12/07
  160.   133# hat "Israel is doomed".A question of LIES pt-2 05:15  |  Akram Zekaria 17/12/07
  161.   to C.J. Kohn #142 - what, again? 05:37  |  zeev 17/12/07
  162.   Akram Zekaria? why are there so many queer zionist? 05:40  |  whatcha think? 17/12/07
  163.   153# Mark Lincoln and the Left Anti-semitism. 05:40  |  Akram Zekaria 17/12/07
  164.   to Franco #155 05:53  |  zeev 17/12/07
  165.   #157, Mark, what is a girl to do? 05:55  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/12/07
  166.   154 Mark Lincoln,are we splitting hairs here! 05:55  |  lakshmi 17/12/07
  167.   all i know is that they`re about to do it again 06:12  |  eric 17/12/07
  168.   #161, zeev 06:18  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/12/07
  169.   war in Gaza 06:24  |  peacenik 17/12/07
  170.   The Arabs have no intention of ever living in peace! 06:31  |  David 17/12/07
  171.   In Gaza you blame Israel, In Iraq you blame America 06:36  |  David 17/12/07
  172.   151 Cipora 06:42  |  Mark of Lewiston 17/12/07
  173.   159# Cipora. The time is now.. 06:43  |  Akram Zekaria 17/12/07
  174.   zeev from frankfurt 06:48  |  peter 17/12/07
  175.   Hamas 06:50  |  Gary 17/12/07
  176.   157 Mark L to Cipora - on Counterinsurgency 07:01  |  Mark of Lewiston 17/12/07
  177.   170 David - Think it Through 07:14  |  Mark of Lewiston 17/12/07
  178.   Of course they will invade, they just announced they weren`t 07:19  |  Pablo B 17/12/07
  179.   Please Do Not Censor My Post 08:12  |  Tod Zuckerman 17/12/07
  180.   Swiss (Dino) #124 - Who cares of your Bullshit support? 08:42  |  Gil 17/12/07
  181.   Swiss (Dino) #124 - Who cares of your Bullshit support? 08:43  |  Gil 17/12/07
  182.   # 129 TOMY 09:42  |  Swiss (Dino) 17/12/07
  183.   # 139 / # 147 / # 149 Cipora Julianna Kohn 09:52  |  Swiss (Dino) 17/12/07
  184.   # 150 Franco 10:01  |  Swiss (Dino) 17/12/07
  185.   # 180 Gil 10:06  |  Swiss (Dino) 17/12/07
  186.   ZEEV. There is a lot of compassion in common sense. 12:33  |  Akram Zekaria 17/12/07
  187.   #182 Swiss,Yes, we are strong,but 17:34  |  TOMY 17/12/07
  188.   to CJ Kohn #168 18:14  |  zeev 17/12/07
  189.   to Judah N. Wenkel #138 18:29  |  zeev 17/12/07
  190.   to peter #174, and Margie too 18:33  |  zeev 17/12/07
  191.   The last paragraph 18:34  |  B 17/12/07
  192.   to peter #174 - cont 18:37  |  zeev 17/12/07
  193.   to Akram Zekaria #186 (1) 19:15  |  zeev 17/12/07
  194.   to Akram Zekaria #186 (2) 19:19  |  zeev 17/12/07
  195.   #183, Dino 20:38  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 17/12/07
  196.   #184 Swiss (Dino) 21:01  |  Franco 17/12/07
  197.   Swiss (Dino) #185 So whom are you offering? 21:08  |  Gil 17/12/07
  198.   #184 Swiss (Dino) 21:09  |  Franco 17/12/07
  199.   to Judah N. Wenkel #138 - cont. 21:55  |  zeev 17/12/07
  200.   to Jasmine Murphy #15 22:31  |  zeev 17/12/07
  201.   to Franco #155 - cont. 22:38  |  zeev 17/12/07
  202.   to Franco #198 23:04  |  zeev 17/12/07
  203.   to victor hardman #19 23:30  |  zeev 17/12/07
  204.   to Akram Zekaria #186 (3) 01:44  |  zeev 18/12/07
  205.   To Zeev #201,#202 06:03  |  Franco 18/12/07
  206.   #201, #202 Zeev 06:37  |  Franco 18/12/07
  207.   #201, #202 Zeev 06:43  |  Franco 18/12/07
  208.   205# Zeev. I already obliged on my two posts.. 09:31  |  Akram Zekaria 18/12/07
  209.   193 & 194# Zeev.Sorry if I sound stupid & harsh 10:05  |  Akram Zekaria 18/12/07
  210.   to Franco #207 12:25  |  zeev 18/12/07
  211.   to Akram Zekaria #209 13:36  |  zeev 18/12/07
  212.   to Akram Zekaria #209 - cont. 15:35  |  zeev 18/12/07
  213.   to Franco #207 - cont. 16:04  |  zeev 18/12/07
  214.   211# Zeev. Dr Herzl was a man of Vision. 17:42  |  Akram Zekaria 18/12/07
  215.   212# Zeev. "Why sometimes I`ve believed as many as six 19:47  |  Akram Zekaria 18/12/07
  216.   to Akram Zekaria #215 07:02  |  zeev 19/12/07
  217.   to Akram Zekaria #214 15:28  |  zeev 19/12/07
  218.   Peace Comes When Neighbors Share Half-A-Loafl 15:55  |  San Diego 22/12/07
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10:03 Israel: Gaza crossing to stay shut as long as Hamas in power
09:56 Israeli-Palestinian peace would neutralize Iran threat
08:28 Defense Minister and IDF chief clash over Ashkenazi's future
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