Meengla
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@Falcon29 knows a lot more than me, but I've been around this conflict since the early 70's and you don't even need to go that far, just the late 1990's - 2006-7 or so and from then on that Israel will not stop until the rockets have been defeated and unfortunately, Ghaza with heavy losses. They will never admit to being defeated by Hamas no matter how much destruction is caused in Israel.
But the difference this time is whether the psych of the Israeli people (especially the settlers stealing and destroying homes) will change because they won't want to see this kind of thing again. The psychological effect is huge and usually underestimated. Palestinians are used to being bombed and killed and losing family members and get up the nest morning, burry their dead and mourn according to Islam and then go back to work. How are the Israelis going to deal with such a new "enigma" for the lack of a better word. Will they turn against Israeli violence or will they support it even more and become totally out of control?
Thoughtful post.
This may well turn out to be another a la Taliban resistance: You have the watches, but we have the time. The Palestinians, especially the million+ strong in Gaza, don't have much to lose. Yes, lives. But they are very brave, and proud people. They saw what was being done in the West Bank recently and they responded.
Israeli $ussies don't even have a half the courage, the resilience compared with the Palestinians. Remove Uncle Sam's Total Guarantee Umbrella from these cowards and you will see them crumble to their knees when Hezbollah and Hamas rain them with projectiles from the north and south.