Yeah. It's kind of a Tet offensive thing. Very impressive coordination, logistics and action, but at the end of the day, not going to amount to much, except causing a massive retaliatory response.
Israel has largely constrained from doing what they want to do, due to the presence of media, international observers, etc. It would be a compl…
Yeah. It's kind of a Tet offensive thing. Very impressive coordination, logistics and action, but at the end of the day, not going to amount to much, except causing a massive retaliatory response.
Israel has largely constrained from doing what they want to do, due to the presence of media, international observers, etc. It would be a complete PR disaster if Netanyahu et al. really did what they wanted, such as another Nakba, Deir Yassin, Tantura, etc.
Hamas, however, doesn't have to worry about that. They have historically shown that they really don't "worry" about too much at all, except for trying to find ways around Israeli security.
The "settler" strategy for Israel has been very smart. Stay under the media radar. Send people in to take land, build on land, or move into people's homes, etc. - and if the settlers are attacked/killed, you have the pretext for military action and/or let the settlers take action (i.e. Huwara).
I don't think this rises to the level of a Nuremberg-style issue, because the two sides have been at war for quite a long time, so it's just cycle or attack and retaliation. Plus, I don't see the Israeli government being really interested in having a trial for members of Hamas. They usually don't get down that way when it comes to these types of issues.
The strategy that will probably be implemented is to have as much of a media blackout, expel as many journalists and observers as possible, then get buck!
Yeah. It's kind of a Tet offensive thing. Very impressive coordination, logistics and action, but at the end of the day, not going to amount to much, except causing a massive retaliatory response.
Israel has largely constrained from doing what they want to do, due to the presence of media, international observers, etc. It would be a complete PR disaster if Netanyahu et al. really did what they wanted, such as another Nakba, Deir Yassin, Tantura, etc.
Hamas, however, doesn't have to worry about that. They have historically shown that they really don't "worry" about too much at all, except for trying to find ways around Israeli security.
The "settler" strategy for Israel has been very smart. Stay under the media radar. Send people in to take land, build on land, or move into people's homes, etc. - and if the settlers are attacked/killed, you have the pretext for military action and/or let the settlers take action (i.e. Huwara).
I don't think this rises to the level of a Nuremberg-style issue, because the two sides have been at war for quite a long time, so it's just cycle or attack and retaliation. Plus, I don't see the Israeli government being really interested in having a trial for members of Hamas. They usually don't get down that way when it comes to these types of issues.
The strategy that will probably be implemented is to have as much of a media blackout, expel as many journalists and observers as possible, then get buck!
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