Hamas officials visiting Moscow were quoted by Russian media on Friday as saying the militant group viewed all its hostages as Israelis, whatever additional passports they held, and could not release any of them until Israel agreed to a ceasefire.
Never waste a tragedy is a political maxim. Someone’s benefiting from the current action. Somebody had a plan in place. It’s not clear what that goal is:
Some possibilities that occur to me:
make Gaza smaller
justify more west bank settlements
accelerate more restrictions in the west bank
encourage emigration out of Gaza
create more political support by having a ongoing war “support our troops vote for me”
Never waste a tragedy is a political maxim. Someone’s benefiting from the current action. Somebody had a plan in place. It’s not clear what that goal is:
Some possibilities that occur to me: