The Winners and Losers of the War in Gaza
Posted by Amir Sahib on 06 Jan, 2009 at 01:51 PM in Israel, Palestine, War
The reality of the current situation in Gaza is not clear, but based on the past few days of occuring events one can make a general observation of the outcome of this tragic war.
- First of all, the global public opinion of Israel will drop due to the humanitarian crisis it has caused upon Gaza.
- Hamas will be looked upon less as a terrorist organization and more as freedom fighters by the public worldwide, although governments will still recognize them as a terrorist organization.
- The entire Muslim world will be angry at the Israeli government and it’s current leadership and this will make more enemies for Israel.
- The current Israeli administration (Kadima party) will be back in office without Ehud Olmert after their election (coming up in Feb. 2009) due to their initation of the Gazan war in order to please the powerful Israeli class who have before the Gazan war started to accuse the Olmert and the Kadima party of being “soft” with Hamas.
So who are the winners and the losers? The winners are clearly the Kadima party of Israel and Hamas. The losers are the people of Palestine and Israel who just want to live their peaceful lives without their governments/leaders fighting each other over land/money/politics/pride/religion/etc.