In the Aftermath of Gaza, Hamas Becomes Harder to Ignore
Of more concern to Israel, perhaps, is the fact that Kerry's visit highlighted the crumbling of the U.S. and Israeli effort to isolate Hamas inside its Gaza ghetto. Not only did the Islamist organization survive the Israeli incursion aimed at smashing its military capability (sporadic rocket fire from Gaza continues even now); it took advantage of the fog of war to mop up what remains of its rival Fatah movement in Gaza. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
Can Israel decimate hamas and Gaza? A foolish question. However, when your sworn enemy is tossing rockets in your backyard, the logical thing to do is to retaliate. Had the western world and the UN.not interferred ,there might have been an end to Hamas. Whether the western countries realized that Israel was doing the free world a favour at its own expense, who knows. But really,if they did not know, then they were simply being coy. Sucking up to terrorists, achieves nothing.