Israel appears at a loss about what to do now reality has shattered the myth of Israel eternally victorious, a veritable 'master race' destined to rule over more and more Arabs and take more and more of their land, piece by piece. The real, piece process.
Israel would have been wise to accept reality and come to an accomodation witht the Arabs whilst they could stil bargain from a position of military strength and cultural superiority. The two state solution is dead and Israel will be lucky to keep the state they have.
Israel believes it can create a new myth by destroying Gaza and Hamas, through a new Nakba, only times have changed and Hamas have shown the entire Islamic world that a militia with the will and morale, can take on Israel and hurt them, more than they've been hurt in seventy years. This is a turning point for the Arab world, the shattered myth of Israel.
Unfortunately, Israel's leaders are now forced to chose the military solution to problems of their own making, much like the ultra-nationalists in Ukraine, and this could lead to Israel's downfall in a regional war they cannot win on their own, which 'drags in' the United States that shares Israel's 'values' and world view on a bigger scale, and then we slide seemingly inexorably into the abyss of WW3 as Russia and China step in to protect Iran from facing the US on their own. China and Russia cannot allow forced regime change to happen in Iran, a regime that would be pro-western.
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