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As Gaza cease-fire holds, a haunting question: When will the next war begin?
Drivel from WaPo. The next war will begin when this one is over, and it's not over yet.[Washington Post] After nearly a month of round-the-clock carnage and terror, Gaza and southern Israel experienced something new on Tuesday: calm. Once an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire kicked in at 8 a.m., there were no rocket attacks or missile strikes. No tunnel infiltrations or shelled schools. But there were no celebrations or declarations of victory, either. Just a single, haunting question: If this war is truly over, how long until the next one begins? Both Israel and Hamas went into the fight seeking to change the underlying dynamics of a situation that has produced three rounds of combat in less than six years while crippling the Gazan economy. But after 29 days of fighting that claimed nearly 2,000 lives, it is far from clear that either side has. That could mean the next round of battle kicks off in the coming few years, months or even days if both sides do not get enough of what they want during negotiations set to begin in Cairo on Wednesday. Posted by: Fred 2014-08-06 |
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