Israel’s about to unleash yet another overwhelming assault on the Gaza Strip. Then what?
A three-word phrase was adopted by Israel and its approach to dealing with Gaza. But the end of that phase is officially over.
“The things that will determine who ultimately wins this war are entirely uncertain,” says Centre for Strategic and International Studies senior vice president Jon Alterman.
Smoke billows from an Israeli air strike on the Hanadi compound in Gaza City, on May 11, 2021. Picture: MOHAMMED ABED / AFPIsrael’s population has had enough. Shortly after the October 7 attack, a poll indicated some 65 per cent support a full ground invasion.“Not surprisingly, Israelis are not discussing these longer-term questions much yet,” says Alterman. “Israelis are still reeling from the shocking losses of October 7 and the unfolding hostage crisis.
“Israel has the capacity to level Gaza and round up segments of the population, but that may not be wise. Doing so might serve the immediate impulse of exacting revenge on its enemies, but Israel would likely receive massive international condemnation from creating a desert in Gaza and calling it peace, and thus forgo the moral high ground it claims in the wake of the Hamas attacks.”
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