![]() But it shows a kind of fundamental misunderstanding of the lens of history that many Palestinians are viewing this through and also the history of Hamas itself. And part of it seems aimed at saying we’re gonna force them through merciless bombing to somehow overthrow Hamas. We’ve seen that Israel clearly wants to maximize the terror being felt by civilians in Gaza. JS: All we’ve seen from Israel since this started was the opposite. It is capable of neutralizing the threat posed by Hamas while minimizing harm to innocent men women and children. And one of the things that Blinken said is:Īntony Blinken: But Israel has the most sophisticated - one of the most sophisticated - militaries in the world. On the one hand giving full-throttled support to Israel and on the other hand saying, well, we want to try to put some guardrails on Israel’s operations. And you know Blinken has been trying to publicly sell this talking out of both sides of the mouth from Washington. JS: And it really seems like every time Blinken goes to the region or goes to Israel, it’s then followed by an intensification of Israeli military tactics. So this is my fourth trip to Israel since the Hamas terrorist attacks of October 7th. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was taking off to depart Israel.Īntony Blinken: Well, good evening everyone and thanks for bearing with us through a long day. And Israel began its military operations literally as U.S. Early indications are that they’re increasing their campaign in the south of Gaza. Regardless of how it happened, we are now back to a situation where Israel has resumed heavy bombardment. ![]() Hamas is saying that Israel broke the truce. On Friday morning the temporary truce was shattered. JS: Maz it seems like the hardliners in Israel are getting their way. Murtaza Hussain: And I’m Murtaza Hussain. ![]() “It is effectively impossible to resume this war without regional escalation.” “The idea that you can wipe out, even if you fully succeed in conquering every last square inch of the Gaza Strip, is an illusion,” he says. The “Israeli military is a very effective killing machine when it’s dropping 2,000-pound bombs from the air, but a rather mediocre fighting force when it comes to ground operations.” Rabbani describes the evolution of Hamas’s strategy and tactics over the past decades and maps out several scenarios that might emerge in the coming period. It’s not exactly Iwo Jima,” Rabbani says. “We’re now well into the second month of this war, and the most Israel has been able to achieve is to raise the Israeli flag on a hospital. In a discussion with Jeremy Scahill and Murtaza Hussain, Rabbani suggests that behind the belligerent rhetoric and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proclamations he will eradicate Hamas, Israel may already be heading for a bloody quagmire it is unlikely to transform into an accomplishment of its stated goals. ![]() In this special episode of Intercepted, political analyst Mouin Rabbani, co-editor of the Arab Studies Institute’s ezine Jadaliyya, offers a provocative analysis of the current situation. position remains one of full-throttled support for a military campaign that has killed more than 15,000 Palestinians, the vast majority of them children and other civilians. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has promised, “We will fight in the entire Strip.” Despite meekly worded suggestions from Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel make an effort to reduce civilian deaths, the U.S. Both Hamas and Israel accused the other of violating the temporary truce. On Friday morning, Israel resumed its bombing campaign against Gaza, and the civilian death toll is once again rising. ![]()
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