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Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 20/08 Aktuelles Aus Israelischen Tageszeitungen 09 Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 20/08 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 09. – 24. November 2008 1. Fragile Waffenruhe im The truth is that Gaza's misfortunes are largely self- Gazastreifen inflicted. Hamas has made battling Israel its highest priority regardless of the damage this causes Die Waffenruhe, die seit Juni zwischen israelischer Palestinian society. […] Armee und palästinensischen Kämpfern im With Hamas in control of Gaza, Israel imposed a Gazastreifen angehalten hatte, wurde Anfang limited embargo on the hostile territory. November unterbrochen. Nachdem israelische Nevertheless, on any given day dozens of trucks Truppen in das Gebiet eingedrungen waren, um carrying food, fuel and medicine are allowed in. […] einen Tunnel, der offiziellen Angaben zu Folge zur Israeli defense officials do not want the cease-fire to Entführung eines israelischen Soldaten hätten fall apart. At the same time, Jerusalem is not willing dienen können, zu zerstören, nahmen die Hamas to allow a creeping escalation of Hamas violence. If und andere palästinensische Gruppierungen den the Islamists end the cease-fire, the cost must be a Raketenbeschuss israelischen Territoriums wieder relentless pursuit of their leaders so as to diminish auf. Während der nächsten zwei Wochen tötete die the capacity of Hamas to govern. israelische Armee eine reihe palästinensischer Over the long haul, Israel simply can't tolerate an Militanter und hielt die Grenzübergänge zum Islamist regime anywhere between the Gazastreifen geschlossen, während die Hamas mit Mediterranean and the Jordan that is dedicated to Raketen antwortete. Gleichzeitig wies Israel die its destruction. Kritik der Hohen Kommissarin für Menschenrecht Those concerned about the well-being of the people der UN zurück, der zufolge die Blockade des of Gaza should put the pressure where it belongs - Gazastreifens internationales Recht verletze und zu and tell Hamas to stop the violence.” beenden sei. JPO 12.11.08 Trotz der Kämpfe zeigten beide Seiten Interesse an einer Fortsetzung der Waffenruhe. Die Hamas gab Clueless in Gaza schließlich an, ein von Ägypten vermitteltes “And how else did we respond when the Kassams israelisches Angebot angenommen zu haben. started flying? We stopped trucks bringing food, Nachdem die Waffen 24 Stunden geschwiegen medicine, fuel and other supplies into Gaza, except haben, verfügte Verteidigungsminister Barak nun die for on one day when we let the trucks through. What Öffnung der Grenzübergänge für humanitäre Güter. is the point of this? […] Die Hamas kündigte indes bereits an, die This isn’t weakening Hamas or Islamic Jihad, it's not Waffenruhe nach ihrem Auslaufen im Dezember neu turning the Gazan population against them, it's not aushandeln zu wollen. curbing terrorism. The siege does absolutely nothing to enhance Israeli security and probably harms it by The Gaza ‘siege’ creating more terrorists. “Here's what anyone who follows events in the Gaza So what we should do about Gaza is finally, Strip - cursorily - might reasonably conclude: An genuinely, end the occupation. Let the people there Israeli ‘siege’ periodically leaves 1.5 million people come and go by sea and air like people do in a free hungry and in darkness. Innocents are ‘collectively country. Let the trucks go through Israel into Gaza punished’ while the IDF capriciously ‘raids’ Gaza with no more than normal inspection. […] killing Palestinians. […] Maybe if we keep in mind the stark imbalance of power in our favor, we can go back to the cease-fire 1 and avoid the ‘big operation’ everyone's predicting. criticism of the organization, which recently left […] reconciliation talks with Fatah. I repeat: The war Israel is fighting with Gaza is the Hamas has successfully conveyed the message that most one-sided war on earth. If the point is to end it, it has overpowered Israel and will soon be able to or at least begin to end it, the ball is not in Hamas's return to the cease-fire [tahadiyeh] from an court - it's in ours.” advantageous position. […] Larry Derfner, JPO 19.11.08 Despite Minister Haim Ramon's recent declaration that the tahadiyeh is ‘dead,’ it appears that a large- When will Israel respond? scale military operation in the Strip is still not in the “The moderate and sane Arab world is expecting an offing.” Israeli blow against Hamas leadership, including its Amos Harel, HAA 16.11.08 organizational infrastructure and resources. […] There are those who mistakenly interpreted Hamas’ A rift to deep willingness to agree to the latest lull as the interest „The ceasefire that was successful for five months of a boxer seeking to avoid a knockout blow by and has only been interrupted recently (and which taking a break. […] will likely be renewed) gave Hamas the opportunity Now it turns out that the aspiration for a lull was a to consolidate its control over Gaza. well planed tactical phase in creating a system of Hamas was helped in this regard by the boycott and deterrence vis-à-vis our leaders in Jerusalem. […] siege that Israel and the international community Our reluctance to violate the lull despite the Qassam imposed on Gaza. The siege is only weakening the rocket attacks is being perceived by Hamas as an private sector, the backbone of the social support for inability to target its leaders as we did in the past. Fatah and the peace camp in Gaza. Meanwhile, Hamas interprets Israel’s conduct as grave unable to trade in any traditional manner, some 100- weakness […]. Sources in the Strip dismiss the 200 tunnels have been dug under the border to frequent border crossing closures in response to lull Egypt. These are under the direct or indirect control violations by opposition elements. They don’t get of Hamas, which not only operates its own tunnels overly excited by it, and look who they sent to but decides who can operate others and taxes them respond to it in the media…the official in charge of to boot. The siege, with its consequences, is shifting electricity supply. The equation is clear: Israel is the balance of power among Gazans decisively in battling ‘peaceful’ residents and fighting generators favor of Hamas. “ and supermarkets. In Hamas’ view, Israel is scared Ghassan Khatib, JPO 19.11.08 to confront the group’s leaders. […] The common perception among Arab commentators Crushing the tahadiyeh is that Israel has ceased to be the ‘threatening “Every party is careful not to declare that the cease- Israel.’ […] fire is over, since whoever does so will immediately If there is a sort of consensus in the Arab world be denounced as responsible for crushing that regarding who should not be ‘ruling the territories,’ fragile construction. But the truth is, it's already the answer is Hamas. Therefore, the repeated gone. […] question is: How long will Israel show restraint? How Had things gone according to the deal secured in far would Israel let Hamas go? That is, when will May, Israel would in about a month be announcing a Israel announce its intention to deliver a powerful lull in the West Bank, as well. It would stop arresting blow against Hamas leaders and its organizational Hamas members and quit launching operations infrastructure? Observers in Amman, Cairo, Rabat, against their actions. In such a situation, Hamas and Riyadh will not be sorry to see it happening.” would have been able to chalk up an extraordinary Moshe Elad, JED 13.11.08 achievement: It - and not Mahmoud Abbas' Palestinian Authority - would have been responsible Tahadiyeh light for reuniting the West Bank and the Gaza Strip; it - “As things looked last night, it seems Hamas can not Fatah - would have seen to the Palestinians' confidently tack on a few advantage points recently security. […] accumulated in its conflict with Israel in the Gaza But the sneaking suspicion is that […] Israel's Strip. The massive barrage of Qassam rockets (as decision to nibble away at the tahadiyeh is well as, in recent days, Katyushas and Grads) connected to the situation in West Bank. […] completely removed from Palestinian discourse 2 The last thing Israel means to do is to let Hamas Everyone thinks Jerusalem is lost dictate a cease-fire [in the West Bank], too. Israel „ It has never been more difficult to decide whom to would rather restrict the battlefield to what the south vote for as mayor of Jerusalem. Both leading is already ‘accustomed,’ than to give Hamas more candidates project a worrying extremism. […] The areas of influence, if not control. At all costs, Hamas fact that Arcadi Gaydamak and Green Leaf must not be given an excuse to apply the tahadiyeh candidate Dan Biron are the only others running for in the West Bank as well. If that means Qassams election reflects a fascinating phenomenon: The falling on Sderot, then so be it. But it would be a State of Israel has despaired of Jerusalem, and good idea for someone to explain this to the people abandoned it. It turns out that not a single party living in the western Negev, so they can prepare fighting for leadership of the country believes it has themselves.” a chance at success in running the city - in other Zvi Bar’el, HAA 16.11.08 words, everyone believes Jerusalem is lost. […] Porush and Barkat are both committed to 2. Kommunalwahlen maintaining Israeli rule in the entire city ‘forever.’ Of course, they have only a negligible influence on the Am 11. November fanden in Israel political future of Jerusalem, but their attitude toward Kommunalwahlen statt. Insbesondere das the Arabs could affect the level of tension in the city. Rennen in Jerusalem wurde mit Spannung Barkat and Porush together sound like Avigdor beobachtet. Die wichtigsten Anwärter auf Lieberman. From that perspective, there is no das Bürgermeisteramt in der Hauptstadt difference between the two candidates.
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