Shoshana Bryen interviewed in Moment magazine on “What Is Israel’s Next Move In The New Middle East?”, May/June 2011
What Is Israel’s Next Move In The New Middle East?
Inerviews by Niv Elis
What Is Israel’s Next Move In The New Middle East?
Inerviews by Niv Elis
Israel’s first priority is the safety and security of the people who live inside its borders, including the borders that aren’t fixed. In the short term, it needs to be prepared to make Gaza pay for attacks, and it’s doing that effectively. The deal at the end of Operation Cast Lead was “quiet for quiet,” and Hamas lived with that. The revolution in Egypt made Hamas consider whether it could be bolder, so it fired rockets. Israel retaliated, and that’s good. It convinced Hamas that there’s no free shot at Israel.