Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak admitted Sunday that even a large-scale Israeli invasion of Gaza would not stop militant attacks on Israel, saying he prefers the current truce instead.
...Barak said even if Israeli forces go into Gaza, afterward "we would have to achieve a truce, and we would have to deal with the same parties as before."
Even if Israeli forces "stay there two years and destroy the Hamas regime down to the last office and the last activist," he said, in the aftermath "you (Israel) control another people against their will, and the Palestinian people, when they compare the two, will choose Hamas ... and not those who talk" peace, a reference to Hamas rivals in the moderate Fatah, headed by President Mahmoud Abbas.
And here was Barak less than a week ago:-
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Israel will return to its pattern of military strikes on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip despite the ongoing month-old truce, army radio reported on Tuesday. "Those who miss the operations in the Gaza Strip, don't worry, they will come," Barak told a Labour party event in Jerusalem, without elaborating.
Sop, what are the options?
a) follow Barak as he zig-zags
b) replace him
c) help Hamas open the Rafah crossing into Egypt (but shut it effectively after enough Gazans have crossed over and keep doing this every 2-3 weeks)
Any other bright ideas?
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