Hamas is not synonymous with Palestinians, just as not all Israelis support the Netanyahu government - but it is ordinary Israelis and Palestinians who will suffer most
A plume of smoke rises above the port in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli air strike, on Sunday, in response to Saturday's surprise attack on Israel by Hamas Binyamin Netanyahu has warned that Israel faces a “long and difficult war” as its forces wage gun battles with Hamas units after the Palestinian group’s surprise attack from Gaza by land, sea and air.
The scale of the Hamas onslaught, the most extensive since the Yom Kippur War of 1973, will lead to soul-searching in Israel, representing as it does a stunning failure of that country’s much-vaunted intelligence services. While Hamas has said the attacks were in response to the occupation, the blockade on Gaza, Israeli control of the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and the prolonged detention of Palestinian militants, its callous targeting of civilians cannot be justified.
If Hamas is calculating that political divisions will weaken Israel’s hand in responding, however, it is misjudging the dynamics of Israeli politics. Reservists, refusing to serve in protest at Netanyahu’s policies, were among the first to respond to the military call-up, while the opposition has said it is considering joining a government of national unity. Hamas has thrown Netanyahu a lifeline.
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