No not really. It may look like the end of it for the rest of us, but there is no end to the Gaza conflict for the Israelis and for the Palestinians. In my previous articles I asked “What will be the consequences for Israel for its actions ?” and I have to sadly answer my own question with “It looks like there will be none.”
The International community is staying divided and so are the Arab countries. With only Syria,Iran and Qatar taking a hard stand. So not really much change to the situation before the Israeli 22 days long massacre. The European leaders are quietly waiting for the new American policy of Mr.Obamas administration. And Mr.Obamas “It will be the first thing I will do after I take the office”, turns into first thing he promised to do and he didn’t. Well, it looks like Israelis picked a very good moment for their “final solution”. There is no doubt that the timing of the offensive during the Mr. Bushes long good bye and Mr.Obamas long Hello was not purely accidental.
So the only real outcome of Israeli offensive are more than 1000 victims of the conflict. Hamas is staying more or less untouched. Keeping the control over the Gaza and probably with more support than ever before. The main official objective of the offensive, to stop the Hamas launching the rockets on Israeli (?) ground was an absolute failure. With more than 40 Palestinian rockets falling on Israel on Saturday,the last day of the offensive.
So no victory and no solution for non of the participants. Just hundreds of innocent victims and a big loss for international community and the UN closing their eyes . It may be looking like the conflict is over (as the “reality show” of News Channels is), but it should not be over for us, if we want to live in the world ruled by the law and order and not by the dictation of “rogue” states, that are having more power over our own governments than the UN itself.
The Israeli offensive is over, but I hope the overall public disillusion with Israeli actions is not, and that finally there will be consequences.
peace in my world