“No Nation is liberated without sacrifices.” Hamas' strategic Cul-de-Sac
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While I make some reference to the agency of Israelis below, this essay presupposes my Digression of 8 October on Israel’s strategic cul-de-sac. That essay also makes explicit what my political orientation is in this conflict. Hamas faces a professional military that has much more fire-power and that is embedded in an incredibly wealthy economy and (this is sometimes forgotten) a larger population. Israel also has the backing of many of the world’s most powerful nations. In addition, Hamas is mistrusted by the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah because of the brief Gaza centered civil war back in 2007. It also does not receive unambiguous backing from its Southern neighbor, Egypt, which mistrusts it because of its financial and military reliance on Iran.*
“No Nation is liberated without sacrifices.” Hamas' strategic Cul-de-Sac
“No Nation is liberated without sacrifices…
“No Nation is liberated without sacrifices.” Hamas' strategic Cul-de-Sac
While I make some reference to the agency of Israelis below, this essay presupposes my Digression of 8 October on Israel’s strategic cul-de-sac. That essay also makes explicit what my political orientation is in this conflict. Hamas faces a professional military that has much more fire-power and that is embedded in an incredibly wealthy economy and (this is sometimes forgotten) a larger population. Israel also has the backing of many of the world’s most powerful nations. In addition, Hamas is mistrusted by the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah because of the brief Gaza centered civil war back in 2007. It also does not receive unambiguous backing from its Southern neighbor, Egypt, which mistrusts it because of its financial and military reliance on Iran.*