Israel may level Gaza and kill or drive out its inhabitants. If it does, it will be a pariah nation. From Ted Rall at sputnikglobe.com:
A few weeks ago, from an international and domestic-U.S. PR standpoint, Israel might have been able to bring its war in Gaza in for a hard landing. Now, it has painted itself into a corner.
Gaza has been destroyed. By this time next year, so will Israel—not its physical plant, but its current status as a privileged, funded, protected nation-state.
The damage inflicted thus far is so severe and thorough that the Gaza Strip will be uninhabitable for the foreseeable future, at least several years. All or most of its 2.3 million residents, transformed into refugees, will be permanently displaced.
Nothing can change that. If a left-wing Israeli government were to come to power, unilaterally end the war and offer the Palestinians their own sovereign independent republic side-by-side with Israel, Gaza would need to be rebuilt at a cost of tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars.
In the meantime, the Jewish state would have to provide long-term housing and public assistance for more than 2 million Palestinians throughout years of reconstruction. “You’ll end up having displaced people living in tents for a long time,” Raphael Cohen, senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, told US media. But where?
Israel intentionally let Hamas attack Israel? Really? Did they provide Hamas with its weapons, logistics, men power, and told the Hamas militants what to do? Really? Does Mr. Ted Rall have any credibility if he utilizes such logic? Mr. Rall’s commentary and logic is right up there in the level of blood libel and the “protcols of elders of zion”. Either folks who are like minded as Mr. Rall are simply blinded by their anti-semitic sentiments or are just unable to look at reality for what it is. Hamas is built around destruction of Israel. Does anyone seriously believe that any form of peace is possible between “peace partners” when one side is determined to destroy the other? The death of innocent Gazans could end tomorrow if Hamas would release the hostages and would surrender. Of course those options are not discussed by Mr. Rall and/or those who are like-minded. Instead, somehow Israel is seen as the alleged victimizer. Reality is reality. Check your premises.
Getting tired of all you Joo haters.