Last night the UN Security Council issued a tepid call for a ceasefire Gaza. It was a media statement, the weakest expression the UNSC makes, but never the less as Israel's victories in Gaza further threaten Hamas, their propaganda machine will churn out "genocidal" body counts in an effort to increase international pressure on Israel for a ceasefire which eventually it will accede to.
Hamas will salvage just enough from this to claim a great victory, then within a few days the first mortars and Kassam rockets will slam into Israel's southern cities to make the point that Israel failed to rid the region from Hamas. It will then spend the next couple of years diverting aid money into rearming, rebuilding the terror tunnels, importing loner range missiles from Iran and generally preparing for the next round - all at the expense of ordinary Gazan Palestinians. When the rearming is complete, and Hamas feels ready, it will start to increase fire rate into Israel, sparking targeted airstrikes. Eventually, as happened a few days ago, the quantity of attacks from Gaza will reach intolerable levels for Israel, and once again the IDF will enter Gaza, sparking more deaths, claims and counter claims, until the UN again calls a halt. This has happened 3 times already since 2005 and it appears the international community has failed to learn anything from the pattern.
Worse however is the crime against humanity that the international community, in pushing these ceasefires, becomes a party to: Hamas is a jihadi terror organization, part of exactly the same family (and acting partnership with) Islamic Jihad and the ISIS currently rampaging through Syria and Iraq. Life under their iron rule is a living hell - Hamas cares nothing for the ordinary Palestinians of Gaza- they are just tools and slaves to its genocidal ambitions against the Zionists & western values. Hamas's supreme leader has amassed a fortune - billions of dollars in overseas accounts - all stolen from Gazans; any dissent is crushed ruthlessly; and children are seen as terrorists in training. Hamas has never wavered from its hatred of Israel - it has not one iota of interest in negotiations for a long term peace, nor in the future of the Palestinian people as long as a single Jew remains on "Palestinian soil". It will again place its rockets & weapon stores in civilian areas: next to homes, in schools and mosques, as they have done so many times in the past and once more Israel will have no choice but to engage Hamas in the killing field of Hamas's choosing.
Hamas see the people of Gaza as human shields - if Israel doesn't fire on a terror target, due to presence of civilians - as so often happens - then that's a win for Hamas. If Israel does fire, and there are civilian casualties, this is a propaganda win for Hamas. If you are a more liberal minded western reader of this blog understand this: They really do think like that - they are TERRORISTS!
So this time, how about the world breaks the cycle that enables Hamas to repeatedly bring violence and destruction on Gaza? Back off, let Israel break Hamas's hold over the area. Then we can talk solutions for improving life there: perhaps the PA can take over, or maybe a foreign mandate can run Gaza temporarily. Instead of terror tunnels aid acan pour in and go where it is intended for! Genuine development can be created in Gaza, people can live there knowing that within a few months there won't be a rocket launcher next to their home, a fair justice system can replace Hamas's summary executions; borders to Egypt and Israel could open for trade creating the opportunities that Hamas destroyed in 2005.
None of this opportunity for long term improvement in Gaza can happen if Israel is yet again stopped from degrading Hamas to the point it cannot maintain its hold over Gaza. Yes there will be causalities in the coming days - although the vast majority of these 'civilians' will turn out on investigation to be Hamas fighters - but without those casualties now, there will be many more in the next round of violence and the one after that, and between those violent outbreaks, 1.8 MILLION Palestinians in Gaza have no hope, no future and no way out & millions of Israeli families will live in fear of rocket attacks.
It is time for the UN council & world leaders to focus on a solution in Gaza that actually helps the people there - forcing a ceasefire that leaves them under Hamas's domination is a crime against humanity, both in Gaza & Israel. Let this be the last round of warfare in Gaza - let it be the end of Hamas and the start of hope. Anything less is a true crime against humanity!
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