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The circumstance is seemingly surreal. After eight days of pounding each other from the air, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was declared today in Cairo. The streets of Gaza are full of people celebrating. Yet 70% of Israelis polled have expressed their (often virulent) opposition to the agreement. Why? Hasn’t Israel pulled off a major accomplishment by getting Islamacist Egypt to agree to negotiate and even to guarantee an agreement that commits Hamas to abandon all attacks on Israel?
Wasn’t the goal of Operation “Pillar of Smoke” to finally bring some measure of tranquility to Israelis living with range of the guns of Gaza? Wasn’t Hamas taught a lesson by the thousands of pin point Israeli airstrikes that killed over 100 Palestinians under arms? Wasn’t avoiding a costly land incursion that would cost many lives and endanger Israel’s diplomatic support sufficient reason to celebrate?
Original piece is http://docstalk.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/the-dark-side-of-ceasefire-co-author.html