Netanyahu’s Defeats in Gaza!

Rajeh Khoury

An-Nahar, 20-11-2012

Since the 2008 ‘Cast Lead' aggression till the ‘Pillar of Cloud' Operation which the "Israeli" enemy started a week ago, too many things have changed in the besieged Strip, just like the surrounding Arab region where totalitarian regimes bequeathed a history of defeats, repression, and corruption.

"Israel" got used to sending its terms to the Egyptian mediator to cease fire in Gaza. But today, it was interesting to see the "Israeli" envoy return from Cairo carrying Hamas's three conditions to accept the truce: to cease the aggression, end the blockade, and stop systematic assassinations, with US guarantees demanded. Meanwhile, Tel Aviv was wagering on imposing a long-term truce based on deterrence, that is to say compelling Hamas to abstain from firing any rocket on "Israel," just like it sought during the Cast Lead Operation. But the rockets indeed reached Tel Aviv. Hence, "Israel" may just not be the sole party seeking deterrence, after half of the "Israelis" harbored in shelters in the past few days.

"Israel" can ruin Gaza once again, but this won't mask the wide fan of implicit defeats of Benjamin Netanyahu, after recent days have shown that nothing equals urban destruction in Gaza but the growing psychological breakdown in "Israel."
As to Netanyahu's defeats, here are some of their features:

-The missiles of the Palestinian resistance, that were fired from the besieged Strip, have overthrown all the redlines the moment they hit Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Isdud, Asqalan, and Bir As-Saba, shaking the "Israeli's" absolute sense of security.
-The "Iron Dome," thought to be able to protect the "Israelis" from rockets, is no more as reliable, since 70% of the missiles can reach targets in "Israel," surrounded by a belt of rockets that makes of the "Dome" a pierced umbrella.
-The international position condemning "Israel" and warning it of waging a military ground operation might beget strategic changes in the region that would be disadvantageous to "Israel" and the US.

-Who reads the warning of Senator Carl Levin on the likely explosion of the region if military operations do not stop, realizes that Washington has started to see that the "Israeli" shells did not just shed the blood of Al-Dalo family, but also scarred peace agreements...even if they were already vanished!

*Translated by moqawama.org