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Chief of Staff General Benny Gantz said military priorities will continue no matter what happens politically. In other words, diplomacy won't deter Israel's belligerency and occupation harshness.
Peace isn't won on battlefields. It's when both sides prefer dialogue to belligerence. Israel shuns it. Violence and instability serves its imperial agenda.
Peace defeats it. Strategy calls for assuring it doesn't erupt. Bombing continues conflict. Ground operations sustain it longer. On November 20, Israel National News gave Efraim Inbar and Max Singer op-ed space.
Both urge invasion. "A thorough terrorist cleanup is necessary to ensure the Jewish state's ability to stand against the rising tide of Islamist militancy," they said. "Let the international community oppose it as much as they want to."Confront Hamas "head-on." Do it sooner, not later. Wipe out resistance. Ignore criticism about civilian casualties. Expand the current offensive. "Clear-cut victory needs boots on the ground."
Deterrence will be achieved if Hamas and Islamic Jihad "are decimated".The bottom line is that Israel is surrounded by enemies who will spare no efforts to kill as many Israelis as possible."
It bears repeating. Conflicts beget more of them. An endless cycle of violence is self-destructive. It benefits no one. Peace depends on prioritizing diplomacy over confrontation.
Inbar teaches at Bar-Ilan University. His students should think twice before enrolling in his courses. Singer is Hudson Institute (HI) senior fellow/trustee emeritus. HI is hawkish, neoliberal, and pro-Israeli.
Policies perhaps benefitting them harm most others. Their "bottom line" is one peace advocates should resolutely oppose.
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