THE POT STIR OF GAZA
As much in danger of peace as war, Israel has stepped down, without bringing any kind of changeopening in the situation.
Saudi Arabia will pick up the tab, pledging $1 billion dollars, of what could easily range to twice that, by the time it's done over the next 2-3 years. So much for limiting Wahhabi influence, eh?
Of course, $1 billion might have been enough to 're-settle' everyone in Sderot, as a tactical move... $1 billlion might have 'persuaded' the Egyptians to give way and let someone close the tunnels, using technology and time, rather than let it fester. $1 billion might have ...
Instead, the money will go to ... keeping the conflict on 'death support', if you will, the condition in which everyone rebuilds, only to have at it later on, at Saudi and EU expense, once again.
Meanwhile, if you read the perspicacious Henri-Levy you'd think that Israel was the one rebuilding from rubble of a 'total war':
The rest of his piece is mostly familiar territory: (a) The IDF have no way to combat people who hide missiles in schools (not even cameras themselves?); (b) there were back-door, hush-hush, informal, unaudited 'peace offers' (and 'refusals'?) that assuage everyone's conscience; (c) out of moral weakness (rather than necessity?) almost everyone is playing a 'double-game'; (d) no one is 'in charge' politically ...
