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The war unleashed by Israel on Gaza on 27 December was the culmination of a series of clashes and confrontations with the Hamas government. In a broader sense, however, it is a war between Israel and the Palestinian people, because the people had elected the party to power. The declared aim of the war is to weaken Hamas and to intensify the pressure until its leaders agree to a new ceasefire on Israel’s terms. The undeclared aim is to ensure that the Palestinians in Gaza are seen by the world simply as a humanitarian problem and thus to derail their struggle for independence and statehood.
Read in full: Avi Shlaim: How Israel brought Gaza to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe
See also:Avi Shlaim – Wikipedia entry
Erdla
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John Bolton is advocating a three state solution. If he is saying this it is likely because that is the plot by the White House and Israel that lies behind this current military assault. He says:
Let’s start by recognizing that trying to create a Palestinian Authority from the old PLO has failed and that any two-state solution based on the PA is stillborn. Hamas has killed the idea, and even the Holy Land is good for only one resurrection. Instead, we should look to a “three-state” approach, where Gaza is returned to Egyptian control and the West Bank in some configuration reverts to Jordanian sovereignty. Among many anomalies, today’s conflict lies within the boundaries of three states nominally at peace. Having the two Arab states re-extend their prior political authority is an authentic way to extend the zone of peace and, more important, build on governments that are providing peace and stability in their own countries. “International observers” or the like cannot come close to what is necessary; we need real states with real security forces.
This idea would be decidedly unpopular in Egypt and Jordan, which have long sought to wash their hands of the Palestinian problem. Accordingly, they should not have to reassume this responsibility alone. They should receive financial and political support from the Arab League and the West, as they both have for years from the United States. Israel should accept political and administrative roles by Jordan and Egypt, unless it intends to perform such roles itself (which it manifestly does not).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01434.html
the israelis made out of gaza big concentration camp for the last decades and now they want to finished palestinians by massacre and all of this is generously paid by american taxpayer.THAT’S THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY in action!VIVA USA!
It’s all about framing and misdirection. Talking about the amount of killing rather than the killing itself allows for all kinds of justifications and rationales about what is being done. What was the intent? What are the real numbers? How many were civilians? How many were “collateral damage”? How many can be blamed on Hamas’ actions? etc.