August 27, 2014 | Quote

What Now For Gaza?

Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies is likewise skeptical that the end of the war means that peace is around the corner. He tells Right Turn via e-mail: “Hamas is forced to accept a deal that it rejected repeatedly throughout this long summer. Israel is forced to accept a deal that leaves rockets in the hands of Hamas.” As we have seen already in the celebratory gunfire, “Hamas, as always, will spin this as a victory, primarily because it survived,” Schanzer says. “But it will be interesting to see whether the people of Gaza hold the group to account after the dust settles.”

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