Nos lo cuentan en este artículo de Pajamas, que trata del cierre en falso de la última guerra de Israel con el grupo terrorista chiita Hezbolá:
From the day the war ended in the summer, the countdown began until the next one, and neither Hezbollah in the north or Hamas in Gaza is being very subtle about the fact that they are stockpiling their weapons smuggled in from Syria and Iran, getting ready for the big day they’ll start seriously hurling missiles our way, either according to plan or on a whim.
Como manda el Corán, las treguas son solo para rearmarse y prepararse para la próxima agresión. Esto es también muy significativo:
For a period of time, climaxing in the 1990’s, Israelis really believed that we could take actions as a nation that would navigate our fate. For years, the Israeli political scene was divided sharply into those who believed that if we only took the right steps of withdrawing from territory, we had a chance of convincing the Arab world to make peace—and those who believed that if we were aggressive and strong enough militarily we could intimidate it into making peace.
We tried both – neither worked.
So a new national consensus evolved – separation. Withdrawing from Lebanon, disengagement from Gaza, building a security fence and a vague hope that maybe if we left them alone, they would leave us alone.
The response: the election of Hamas and increasing resentment and hatred.
As the fierce and often violent Palestinian factional infighting continues, Israel despairs – if they can’t lay down their arms and make peace with one another, how can they ever be expected to do so with us?
And when they do get together, as they have in recent days, it appears that they are doing so because the only alternative to Hamas and Fatah waging war on each other is uniting to wage war on Israel. And most of the world appears to prefer the familiar latter choice over the former.
Traduzco lo esencial: Durante un tiempo que culminó en los 90, los israelís creyeron que eran los dueños de su destino. Creían que podían resolver el conflicto, unos retirándose de los territorios ocupados, otros sometiéndolos definitivamente. Ambos fallaron. Intentaron entonces la separación: reitrarse del Líbano y Gaza y alzar una barrera defensiva. El resultado ha sido la eleción de Hamas y el aumento del odio árabe. Ahora Israel está unida:
Right, left, or center, the consensus sentiment among Israelis is that no matter what we do – withdraw, attack, or build fences a mile high, many if not most of the Palestinians, accompanied by the Arab world seem bent on working assiduously for Israel’s destruction, no matter what the cost. After several decades of ambiguity, our wars are once more, clearly existential.
En Israel todos están de acuerdo en que hagan lo que hagan, los árabes seguirán tratando de “echar los judíos al mar”.
Se están preparando para ello. ¡D–s guarde a Israel por siempre!
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Tags: Asuntos bélicos, Israel-Palestina por AMDG
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