Israel are intent on wiping Hamas out in its entirety.
The question I have is, what then?
Hamas is the group in charge of Gaza. Who takes over next? What to do about the families of thousands of Gazans who have been killed? To the children who have been traumatised and have been left extremely vulnerable to extremists?
Is this not just generating a new security problem just down the road?
Israel needs to behave smarter, and do more talking and less bombing.
This isn't support of Hamas BTW. They're akin to ISIS in my mind. But there needs to be thinking about what happens next. For Israel's security, and for the safe and prosperous future of Palestinians.
@localzuk
What needs to happen next is for Israel to recognize the part it played in putting Hamas in power, like meddling with the Palestinian Authority and the PLO.
When Israel created a PA it wanted, it also created what the Gaza people did not want and the only other option at the time was Hamas.
Prior to the attack, Israeli officials & press were whining about how a 2-state solution requires another party besides themselves to make agreements with and now that they have the PA molded into their ideal model they complain that it's not a viable entity with which to make agreements.
Israel got the PA that it wanted and is now complaining that what Israel wanted isn't good enough.
