kvetch
Devout UK Hindu-Jew
- Oct 21, 2012
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hamas won the elections and would do do againNonsense. Israel suffered no real damage because of Cast Lead, but Hamas has been afraid to allow new elections in Gaza ever since because it so damaged their support that they would be voted out of office. The problem with Cast Lead is that it did not go far enough. When Sharon reoccupied areas A and B during the second intifada, the international condemnation of his actions during and after the operation was a thousand times harsher than what followed Cast Lead, but Sharon persisted and managed to establish peacefulness between Israel and the West Bank Arabs.
Sharon was a smart, tough, bold political leader who could handle all the criticism that was thrown at him, but Olmert was ever more of a politician than a political leader and when the criticisms became harsh, he declared a unilateral ceasefire and withdrew after just three weeks without breaking the will of Hamas to fight as Sharon had broken the will of the PLO. Because Cast Lead did not sufficiently damage Hamas, all the damage and all the death and all the diplomatic problems Israel had to deal with seemed to be for nothing, but in the end, those nations that were friendly to Israel before the operation remained friendly and the only thing that changed was the noise level of its enemies.
Hopefully, Netanyahu has learned from the actions and experiences of his two predecessors and will choose to act more like Sharon than like Olmert, and do to the terrorist leaderships in Gaza what Sharon did to Arafat and establish peacefulness between the Gaza Arabs and Israel.
Hamas has been afraid to allow new elections in Gaza...
There were no elections in "Gaza."
And there would never be any elections in Gaza in the future, with Hamas in power.
because it gets so much help for its sick agendas from israel
sad but true