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With the UN calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip an article written by Gary Brecher and first published in 2012 by NSFWCORP (now part of Pando), lessons from Gaza - suggesting that Palestinian durability may beat Israel's high-tech weaponry, remains remarkably relevant today.
What's going on in Gaza is war, but not the kind any commander from the past would understand. On paper, Israel should be winning easily, because they've got the weapons, the numbers, the organization. The weapons Hamas is firing into Israel are primitive things, unguided rocket artillery, the kind that couldn't hit the ground if it wasn't for the law of gravity. On the other side, the Israelis get the best weaponry the US can give them.
But it's not that simple. Israel may win this battle, but it's lost the war already. You see that in the confusion the IDF shows about what to do. They've tried stomping hard on Gaza. In late 2008 through early 2009, "Operation Cast Lead" sent IDF troops and planes smashing into this tiny overpopulated slum. They killed 1400 Palestinians, and it didn't do much but make everybody sick to their stomachs - including even some Israelis, once they got over their initial gloating.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 14 2014, @06:57PM
israel has been stealing land, expelling, brutalizing and killing palestinians for decades. the will go all the way to the end and nobody will intervene.
"global pressure against Israel would be even higher?" -- wtf?!?? there has been no real pressure whatsoever. ever.
TFA is mere propaganda, pretending there's an actual conflict where there's nothing but genocide. israel has lost nothing but humanity. as for their goals, they are close to win: they have patiently pursued them and are close to finish the first phase, which is cleansing palestine which they say is their holy land. but i don't see any reason why they would stop there.