The Obama Administration hasn’t done Israel any favors with this cease-fire deal that was brokered by Egypt.
Hamas is still heavily armed, and they’re going to continue sending rockets into Israeli territory. They haven’t agreed to recognize Israel, which is going to make Israel very reluctant to lift their blockade of Gaza.
All they’ve done is postpone the inevitable. Here’s why:
Israel will attack Iran before the “red line” is reached, and then Israel will have Hezbollah firing their 40,000 rockets into northern Israel shortly thereafter, while Hamas resumes hitting southern Israel at Iran’s request.
The best thing that could happen is for the cease-fire to fail and for Israel to flatten Hamas before getting into this thing with Iran and Hezbollah.
Israel is doing its best to obey the truce, but if Hamas rockets continue to hit Israel, all bets are off. I don’t see Hamas stopping its own forces from attacking Israel. They lack the cohesive discipline that the Israeli military has.
Washington did the right thing in saying that Israel has a right to defend itself. But they were wrong in playing a part in forcing this truce before the job was done.
If this truce is to hold, Hamas needs to act more responsibly on behalf of the people they are governing, If they can’t do that, they should quit and let the Palestinian Authority take charge again. Compared to Hamas, they’re much more preferable.
Hard times are ahead.
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