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Martin Katchen's avatar

I think we are all talking around an elephant in the living room here and that is the role of Egypt. In particular where the terror tunnels actually go after they cross the Egyptian border. Back in the Mubarak days when Egypt actually tried to stop smuggling to Hamas, Egypt totally demolished Egyptian Rafah. And if you look on Google Maps, Egyptian Rafah hasn't been rebuilt. So those tunnels likely go ten miles to El Arish. A city of 150000. Possibly an additional 5 miles to El Arish International Airport. Which means that Sinwar and surviving hostages could be anywhere but Gaza, since Israel has run out of places in Gaza where they could be hidden. This kind of complicity is a clear violation of the 1978 Camp David Accords. Is Israel ready for a war with Egypt to retake the Sinai? Probably not, which is why Bibi has dug in his heels around retaining the Philadelphia corridor, which interferes with the smuggling.

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Pebbles's avatar

Good article and heavy heavy prospects all around. I agree with you re not being able to afford a ceasefire now and stopping the war without a decisive dismantling of Hamas.

* Simultaneously I look at the appearance of Goldberg-Palin’s parents at the DNC and my heart aches. A lot of people say it’s the government’s responsibility to return the hostages, but equally isn’t it their job that the idea of hostage taking does NOT remain an incentive or strategy on the enemy’s side?

It’s horrific either way you look at it and it constitutes the depression we all face when looking at Gaza. By the way - why do you think Bibi is NOT prolonging the war to avoid criminal prosecution / for personal gains? Really curious.

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