The latest round of fighting between Israel and Hamas must move beyond the quick-fix solutions of conflicts past, or the seeds of a future flare-up will be sown today.
Israel and Hamas: Fire and Ceasefire in a New Middle East, the latest report from the International Crisis Group, assesses the outcome of the conflagration and the degree to which changes across the region, most notably a Muslim Brotherhood-governed Egypt, have altered the battlefield.
For Israel and Hamas, a key objective from the start was to mould the new landscape. Israel was keenly aware of the changes and determined to show that they changed nothing: that it retained both freedom of manoeuvre and Western support, and that it would not be hamstrung by concern over how an Islamist-ruled Egypt would react.
The Islamist movement was waging that Egypt had become its strategic depth and that it was bolstered by the regional Islamist wave.
Press Release
http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/publication-type/media-releases/2012/mena/israel-and-hamas-fire-and-ceasefire-in-a-new-middle-east.aspx
Full Report
http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/middle-east-north-africa/israel-palestine/133-israel-and-hamas-fire-and-ceasefire-in-a-new-middle-east.aspx
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