Israel calls cease-fire, Hamas vows to keep fighting

As you have may have heard this Saturday, Israel politicians approved a cease-fire stating that accomplishments have been made.

I wrote previously in what was the point of the fighting if eventually Israel would simply bow to international pressures and bow they did. You see, it is estimated that there are roughly 20,000 Hamas militants in Gaza and the latest death tolls suggest that roughly 500-600 have been killed. I am not a math whiz, but that still leaves a lot of Islamic fundamentalist Jihadists roaming around.

What did Israel do in the past three weeks?
  • Took out leadership and high command
  • Bombed some tunnels and halted shipments
  • Destroyed rocket launchers and crippled infrastructure.

That would to be expected of course, its not reasonable to expect the IDF to kill thousands of Hamas militants - but it begs the question as to what is next!?

As of now, Israel makes no plan to withdraw, which of course is the ultimate irony because Hamas justified rocket fire due to occupation/control of the Gaza borders. So not only is the Gaza still blockaded, but there is now a military presence immediately within Gaza.

Why can't Israel just pull out?

Pretty simple answer; the war would be a waste. How long do you suppose it will take Hamas to restore leadership? How about to dig and rebuild tunnels? Let me give you a hint; not very long!

So Israel decided to hang around to stifle at least the shipment. While Hamas may have learned how to manufacture their own Qassam rockets, they heavily rely on ammunition and guns supplied by their Arab friends in Iran and Syria. In fact, war should be waged on the governments of all countries aiding Hamas; namely Syria an Lebanon by extension and Iran.

Still, the ultimate point of this is very questionable at best. Palestinians will still be outraged that illegal Zionist occupiers are taking control of their "country". At least our loony liberal friends will take a chill pill now that the civilian deaths will stop.

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