... affect the course of Operation Iron Swords.
Consequences for Palestine and Israel
If anyone expected that the escalation with Israel would somehow contribute to the consolidation of the Palestinian society, they should be disappointed. Divisions within Palestine persist along many lines: Hamas and Fatah, radicals and technocrats, Gaza and the West Bank, the outgoing and a newer generation of politicians. Attempts to help Palestinians find internal unity have repeatedly been made in recent months, including by Russia, which hosted a meeting ...
... this solution? What impact will all this have on the Palestinian movement, divided by internal rivalries, especially between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the Fatah in the West Bank? Questions abound, and these were just a few. Anyway, it’s clear that ... ... time, we can notice that it gradually but consistently transformed, upon the adoption of the UN resolution on the partition of Palestine in 1947, from an interstate stand-off that went through three wars (1947, 1967 and 1973) into the problem of Israeli-Palestinian ...
... Israel and other Western nations, tried to construct Palestine issue as a part of global fight against terrorism, and particularly Hamas as a terrorist organization. The latest such construction is that they describe the conflict between Israel and Palestine as that between Israel and Hamas, which intentionally suggests that Israel has been fighting against terrorism.
That is an apparent distortion of the nature of conflict between Israel and Palestine. Despite various aspects of the conflict, the nature of the tension between Israel ...
... would create conditions for the partial or complete lifting of the Israel–Egypt blockade. In addition, if the leaders of Hamas want funding from outside sponsors, they will need to reach an agreement with the PNA. Egypt, a traditional go-between for Hamas and the PNA, would play a major part in the process. Another matter entirely is the fact that Cairo is experiencing difficulties in gaining concessions for Palestine from Israel, since Israel is an important ally of Egypt in the fighting against extremists on the Sinai Peninsula. The Gulf states, primarily Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, could play a positive role here. These countries seek a ...
... current situation and open a door to new conflicts rather than solving the old ones. Tellingly, Israel's president, Reuven Rivlin,
has voiced
his strong opposition to the controversial new law.
These developments may represent a golden opportunity for Hamas to expand its influence in the West Bank and Jerusalem. In fact, the situation may turn into a win – win scenario for Hamas and other Islamic groups. On the one hand, if the Palestinian Authority accepted to hold presidential and legislative ...
... areas of Israel from Gaza and retaliation strikes from Israel, much stronger and more numerous. Escalation of violence seems laden with any sort of aftereffects, among them the third intifada, another Israeli war against the Hezbollah that provides the Hamas with weapons, or never-ending growth of tensions on the Israel-Palestine border.
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. Eran O.
Obama and Netanyahu: Round 1
// The Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs. 2009. Vol. 3. № 2. P. 7.
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. Haaretz, 02.04.2009.
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. In the past 40 years, more that 160 settlements have been built in the occupied territories to ...
... stagnation of talks, the strengthening of Hamas, an Islamist organization and the main rival of the Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) secular movements, seriously affected the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the situation inside Palestine.
Hamas’ victory in the January 2006 parliamentary elections and the armed conflict between Hamas and Fatah in the Gaza Strip in June 2007 divided the Palestinian Autonomy and resulted in the emergence of an enclave hosting radical forces by Israel’s ...
