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Originally Posted by Willravel
If you think violent militant extremists in Palestine can be intimidated by Israeli aggression, I'm afraid you don't know much about this conflict. If Hamas is smart, they'll lay back and do absolutely nothing as more and more aid ships are intercepted and international investigations start. The again, Hamas doesn't exactly control every 14 year old kid with a rocket, as we saw at the beginning of Oslo.
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This is correct.
If Hamas sat on their hands and let Israel run amok, it will be Israel in the negative spotlight, not Hamas,...as this past weeks events have shown. Proof being global protests against Israeli aggression today.
And Israel has to provoke Hamas into retaliating to keep up with claims of being pushed into the sea, wiped off the map etc.
The more Hamas shows restraint, the more aggressive Israel will become. This will not bode well for Israel
People are not stupid and are becoming more well rounded concerning the facts of this longstanding conflict,...and the never ending Israeli claims of being the eternal victims of terror is getting stale.
Peace and Palestinian statehood is not on the agenda for Israel. Having the Palestinian's given the right of statehood and be recognized as a people would be a collosal failure for Israel. To be seen as equals is unimaginable.
And for that the future of Israel is in the hands of Israel itself. It is theirs to lose. Unfortunately Israel is its own worst enemy and as long as they carry on the charade of being the eternal victim, their future will get dimmer and their bargaining power much more limited.