The name chosen for the new war in Gaza is
"operation Cloud Pillar". A far more appropriate name would have been
"Operation Short Memory" Said former Knesset member Uri Avnery, Gush
Shalom activist. "Prime Minister Netanyahu is counting on the public's
short memory. Netanyahu counts upon people forgetting that dozens and even
hundreds of "liquidations" had been carried out and they did not
solve any problem - always there was somebody replacing those who were killed,
and more than once the new one was more capable and more radical. Netanyahu
counts on people not remembering that four years ago Israel went to war in
Gaza, killing 1300 civilians in three weeks – which otherwise did not make any
significant change in the situation. Netanyahu counts on people failing to
remember that just yesterday morning the media reported on people in the
communities of the South heaving a sigh of relief at the complete cessation of
missiles from Gaza.
"Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak have
taken the decision - for the second time in a row the State of Israel will
conduct general elections under the shadow of war in the Gaza Strip. The
cease-fire which already started to stabilize had been broken and shattered to
pieces. The inhabitants of te communities of southern Israel, who just started
to breathe freely, are sent right back to air raid alarms and the running to
shelters.
At the price of great suffering on both sides
of the border, the government's aim had been accomplished: the social issues,
which threatened to assume prominence in these elections, have been pushed
aside and removed from the agenda of the elections campaign. Forgotten, too, is
the brave attempt of Mahmud Abbas to address the Israeli public opinion. In the
coming weeks, the headlines will be filled with constant war and death,
destruction and bloodshed. When it ends at last, it will be revealed that no
goal has been achieved and that the problems remain the same, or perhaps got
worse."
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