"Given
that the fragile ceasefire must hold for 24 hours before the truce takes effect, the victory may be short-lived".
Hamas
Got The Much Better Deal
Henry
Blodget
21
November, 2012
An
Egypt-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was announced
today with
both sides claiming victory,
but it appears Hamas may have gotten the better deal.
Here's
the key part of the agreement: "Opening the crossings and
facilitating the movement of people and transfer of goods and
refraining from restricting residents' free movements and targeting
residents in border areas."
If
the agreement opens
all border crossings with
the Gaza Strip, including the key Rafah crossing with Egypt, that is
a big victory for Hamas government and the people of Gaza.
Nicholas Kristof
- ✔
@NickKristof
The
key provision in the Gaza ceasefire is Israel's apparent promise to
open the crossings. If that's real, that's huge!
22 Nov 12
Shadi Hamid@shadihamid
So
Hamas got: greater regional legitimacy, spike in popularity, end of
assassinations, easing flow of goods into Gaza & a weaker PA to
boot.
22 Nov 12
Hamid also
noted:
"In asymmetric battles such as this one, it's very hard for a
group like Hamas to ever actually "lose," as long as it
survives."
Shaul
Mofaz, leader of main political opposition to Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, told
the Jerusalem Post: "The
goals of his operation were not reached, and the next round is only a
matter of time. We should not have stopped at this stage. Hamas got
stronger and we did not gain deterrence ... A ceasefire at this
point is a mistake; this is not how a war against terror ends. Hamas
has the upper hand."
MJ
Rosenberg,
former editor of AIPAC's weekly newsletter Near East Report,
said it was the first Israel-Palestine agreement he has ever
seen in which "Palestinians get more than Israelis":
MJ Rosenberg@MJayRosenberg
Big
result of last week: Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood up. Israel and PA
down.
22 Nov 12
Middle
East Insights curator
Doug Pologe wrote:
Doug Pologe@DougPologe
Basically,
Israel was forced to agree to terms not in its own interest and in
contradiction to the stated goals of the campaign by the U.S.
22 Nov 12
Nevertheless,
given that the fragile ceasefire must hold for 24 hours before
the truce takes effect, the victory may be short-lived.
Gidi Kleiman@Gidikleiman
According
to Israeli police, since the beginning of the ceasefire at 2100
tonight, at least 12 rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza.
22 Nov 12
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