Hamas & Friends have put Israel between the hammer and the anvil, or if you prefer, a rock and a hard place.
UNLESS ISRAEL “PUTS DOWN” Hamas & Friends — other Islamist crazies — the northern Islamist crazies in Lebanon will think that Israel is weak; that it cannot defeat both Iran proxies.
Militarily it CAN defeat Hamas et al in Gaza and Hezbollah in the north.
The problem for Israel is “collateral damage.”
The UN will rage about nasty Israel which never should defend itself from the kind Muslims who want to destroy it. Gandhi lives on at the UN.
Leftists the world over also will tear their hair, beat their chests, and chastise Israel for responding to enemy attacks in a “non-proportional” manner.
Here’s a thought. If Israel’s population is, say, 9 million1 and worldwide population of Muslim-controlled nations is in excess of 1 BILLION2 that would mean for every Israeli — Christian, Jew, Muslim, and “other” — killed, maybe 70,000 Muslims should die to keep things within the UN’s “proportional” stupidity. (I lost my slide rule so my 1-for-70,000 may be conservative.)
CEASE FIRE
When Hamas et al has used nearly all of it’s Iranian-funded missiles, it will cry to Egypt to arrange a cease fire with Israel.
Just as it did before this latest spate of missiles fell on Israel.
And just as it did before.
Israel’s politicians and generals accept the cease fire and, once again, put the population in danger.
This is NOT the Likud of Began and (David) Levy. Indeed, it is about as forceful as the former Labor governments — and Israel’s enemies know it.
Israel CAN, and HAS, made lasting peace agreements with Egypt (first) and Jordan. Began was Prime Minister when Anwar El Sadat came to Jerusalem to sign the treaty with Began and Israel. (For his effort, Islamists in Egypt assassinated Sadat.)
Interestingly, Began tried to give Gaza back to Egypt. Sadat was a better bargainer than Began and refused Gaza. Sinai, yes; Gaza, no. Brilliant man, Sadat.
Unless Israel wants to continue harassment from the Hamas & Friends and Hezbollah, and possibly Syria’s Bashar al-Assad who butchers his own countrymen, it MUST put down Hamas forcefully, so forcefully that it no longer is a threat, even with Iranian aid.
Unfortunately, with several Islamists groups vying for power in Gaza, the civilian “collateral damage” count will likely be far higher than Israel would like. (Despite UN and leftists “news” reports, Israel DOES try to avoid true civilian causalities. It has been proven again and again to the embarrassment of the provocateurs.)
Israel does not want to control Gaza; it would prefer Egypt to rule the strip, at least until a government that wants good for the governed — peace, a decent economy, plans to restore infrastructure, and to restore dignity to its people.
The U.S. did it in Japan after World War 2; Egypt, with Israeli cooperation, might be able to succeed in 2020.
But first, Israel must — there no longer is an option — destroy Hamas and its jihadist cohorts.
If “the world” wants to help the civilians of Gaza, it should figure out a way to keep Iranian money and influence out of the strip.
Failing that, Israel can expect its northern communities to once again come under missile fire.
Again.
Sources
1. http://tinyurl.com/yynwb8jj
2. http://tinyurl.com/kgwmcoo
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