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Schlaglicht Israel Nr Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 01/11 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 20. Dezember 2010 – 02. Januar 2011 1. Erneute Eskalation zwei Jahre eroded as result. Hamas’ buildup through the nach Gaza-Krieg? acquisition of long-range rockets and anti-tank missiles, [which] […] boosts the organization’s self- Zwei Jahre nach dem Krieg im Gazastreifen kam es confidence. […] Pressure exerted by radical groups am Weihnachtswochenende 2010 zu einer neuen […] to operate against Israel, and their claims that Eskalation in dem Gebiet. Nachdem eine Qassam- Hamas abandoned the struggle. […] Rakete und Granaten auf israelisches Gebiet Although the attacks are still not approaching the abgefeuert worden waren, bombadierte die level that prevailed before Operation Cast Lead, we israelische Luftwaffe Ziele im Gazastreifen. Auch in are seeing a clear quantitative change." der folgenden Woche kam es zu vereinzelten Ron Ben-Yishai, JED 22.12.10 Schmarmützeln. Dabei wurde ein Palästinenser getötet und mehrere verletzt. Stop the escalation Quellen in der israelischen Armee zufolge teste die "The firing of Qassam rockets and mortars at the in Gaza herrschende Hamas aus, wie weit sie communities in the south and the air force bombings gehen kann, indem sie bewaffneten Gruppierungen of the Gaza Strip are troubling. Two years after wie dem Islamischen Jihad Angriffe auf Israel Operation Cast Lead the conclusion is that military erlaube. Die Hamas selbst rüste sich kontinuierlich solutions are able to provide only a temporary reply weiter mit neuen Waffen aus. Ein Sprecher der to a threat whose solution is political. […] Hamas, Abu Obeida, gab an, dass die Hamas hoffe, The military solution turned into a double-edged den inoffiziellen Waffenstillstand mit Israel sword which, along with the calm it brought, fatally fortzusetzen. undermined Israel's international standing. […] In Israel wurde indes kritisiert, dass die Bevölkerung The calm that was achieved during the past two in den an den Gaza-Streifen angrenzenden years had been offered to Israel long before Gebieten weiterhin nicht ausreichend vor Operation Cast Lead. Hamas proposed a tahadiyeh Raketenangriffen geschützt ist. So gibt es immer (lull) in the fighting. […] Hamas is not a partner for noch viele Kindergärten und Schulen in Gebäuden, political negotiations, but when the interest of both die nicht ausreichend verstärkt worden sind, um sides requires that calm is preserved […], it is einem Qassam-Einschlag standhalten zu können. possible and necessary to stop the deterioration and take action toward such a long-term cease-fire." Israeli message to Hamas HAA 29.12.10 Editorial "Officials in Israel view the recent escalation on the Gaza border as unusually severe. For the first time Learning the Gaza lesson in a long while, Hamas is playing an active role in "For the time being, there is no answer to the firing rockets and mortar shells at southern Qassam rockets. It also doesn’t seem like we’ll have communities. […] an answer anytime soon. Meanwhile, the Iron Dome It appears the group changed its conduct for various anti-missile venture is slowly emerging as an reasons: The long period of time (two years) that expensive screw-up. It is unable to intercept has elapsed since Operation Cast Lead. Israeli primitive mortar shells. [...] When IDF forces were officials estimate that its deterrent effect had been deployed on the outskirts of Gaza City and Rafah, 1 western Negev residents were much safer and Acceptance of this intolerable situation should not happier. Yet one day the State of Israel decided to be the answer. get out of there […]. Instead of controlling the There are things that can be done to decrease the territory, Israel set up fences around it. dimensions of the danger […].They include steps of Again, we are learning the hard way that there are a defensive nature, of an offensive nature and of a no technological substitutes to primitive control of deterrent nature." territory." Moshe Arens, HAA 28.12.10 Hagai Segal, JED 24.12.10 Cast Lead got job done Hamas indeed has time on its side "Operation Cast Lead achieved effective deterrence "Hamas [...] has revealed its new strategy. Its vis-à-vis Hamas, and others. The capabilities medium-term goal is consolidating its hold on the displayed by the IDF in the Strip erased to a large area. […] The group rejects both negotiations [...] extent the difficult impression left by the Second and all-out war [...]. The medium-term effort is to win Lebanon War. Mostly, deterring Hamas granted broad support from Gazans by improving their lives Gaza-region residents two years of relative quiet (with Western aid money), then using this base to go and unprecedented economic prosperity. […] to war with Israel (thus making their lives much The burning question now is what Israel will do next worse). [...] time, once the deterrence vis-à-vis Hamas fully Hamas is not planning to launch new attacks. collapses. The fact that the IDF is ready to again Why should it? It is enough to let Islamic Jihad and enter the Strip does not guarantee the next others fire mortars or rockets and send squads operation’s success, especially on the diplomatic across the border in terrorist attacks. If Israel front." retaliates too much, Hamas will run crying to the Ron Ben-Yishai, JED 30.12.10 Western media and governments to protect it. Barry Rubin, JPO 26.12.10 2. Kontroverse um Außenminister Avigdor Lieberman Remember Cast Lead "Some analysts believe that Hamas is losing Am 26. Dezember hielt Außenminister Avigdor popularity among the Palestinians, who may be Lieberman vor israelischen Diplomaten eine Rede, internalizing the destruction their Gaza government in der er sich klar von der Regierungslinie brought down upon the Strip by goading Israel into abgrenzte. So warf er der türkischen Regierung military action two years ago. Some argue, too, that "Lügen und falsche Versprechungen" vor und Gazans are beginning to look across to the West forderte mit Bezug auf die Verhandlungen über eine Bank, where stability and economic coordination israelische Entschuldigung für den Tod von neun with Israel are producing a much-improved day-to- türkischen Aktivisten, dass sich die Türkei bei Israel day climate. […] entschuldigen müsse und nicht umgekehrt. In der Whatever the accuracy of these assessments, selben Ansprache zweifelte er den Friedenswillen however, there are no significant signs that Hamas’s der Palästinenser an und bezeichnte die Positionen grip on Gaza is loosening. Having capitalized on von Premier Benjamin Netanyahu in den ballot-box support to engineer its violent takeover, Friedensgesprächen als unrealistisch. Hamas will not willingly relinquish control." Während in mehreren Medien Liebermans JPO 21.12.10 Editorial Entlassung gefordert wurde, zeigte Netanyahu sich jedoch nicht gewillt, seine Koaliation zu gefährden. Rockets are a terror weapon Er sagte, Lieberman vertrete seine eigene Meinung, "Although finally, Operation Cast Lead in 2008 die jedoch nicht die Position der Regierung sei. substantially decreased the number of rockets launched at Israel, the people in the south still Lieberman gives Netanyahu no choice receive an almost daily dose of rockets and mortar "Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman presented an shells from terrorists in the Gaza Strip. The outlook that contradicted the prime minister’s operation was stopped before the job was thinking and actions in both the Palestinian and the completed, and Hamas is now increasing its stock of Turkish arenas. [...] Netanyahu's initial response ballistic missiles, preparing for the next round. […] was strikingly muted. [...] Lieberman – not for the 2 first time, but notably starkly and resolutely – has regardless of how they enter the system – trump now detailed his own conflicting outlook. No self- stagnation." respecting prime minister can afford to tolerate a Michael Friedson, JPO 27.12.10 foreign minister so publicly at odds with him on such central areas of policy. And Israel cannot afford to Lieberman's core issues live with the confusion." "Lieberman is a good politician, a hardworking JPO 28.12.10 Editorial minister and in utterly the wrong job. [...] That Lieberman is still under investigation as we kiss Lieberman not at fault 2010 good-bye says a lot – none of it good – about "The truth is that Lieberman isn’t at fault. Even if we both the minister and the exceedingly slow pace of don’t like it, these are his views, this is his the Israeli legal system. [...] Perversely, the ongoing personality, this is the way he conducts himself, and police inquiries might actually add to his appeal this is what his voters like. […] But just as it’s not a among potential voters who feel 'the system' is good idea to appoint a pacifistic lecturer as defense against them. They do not, however, do anything for minister, we must not appoint a thug lacking minimal his standing in the international arena. [...] tact as foreign minister. Lieberman [...] doesn’t so much pick his battles as Hence, the main and possibly only culprit is the pick fights. As fast as Netanyahu can perform a prime minister. Netanyahu is indeed halfheartedly juggling act and either divert attention from an issue trying to minimize Lieberman’s damages, yet to or at least relieve the tension, Lieberman is creating begin with he should not have appointed him. […] a new crisis. At this point in time […] the only way open to But for a man who says he is 'unwilling to tolerate Netanyahu in order to prevent long-term damage to falsehoods,' it seems strange he should have put the state is to immediately fire Lieberman from the himself (and kept himself) in a position in which he is post of foreign minister." meant to present a foreign policy with which he Dror Zeevi, JED 29.12.10 clearly does not agree." Liat Collins, JPO 01.01.11 PM-FM blow up: Confrontation or mechanism? "Typical of the Lieberman-Netanyahu dialectic, when One of their own the prime minister speaks of the nation’s "No mainstream leader of the Israeli center is commitment to the US-brokered peace process, the warning against Lieberman.
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