10-10-2023, 01:42 PM
(10-10-2023, 01:11 PM)rogpodge Wrote: I don't have any illusions about who will govern Gaza / the Palestinians in the future. All I know is that the pro-Palestine folks ignore the damage that Hamas has wrought since 2007. And once you elect a "government" that is willing to engage in terrorism, there's no going back (you're not going to vote them out....).Israel may believe that if they can drive Hamas out and keep them out, the Palestinian Authority can re-assert control in Gaza. It would seem that is the only way forward that doesn't involve an indefinite occupation of Gaza, which Israel has already deemed impractical from their previous experience. Will/can this work? It is going to be difficult to create the preconditions to even try, but what other course of action is even vaguely possible?