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Occupation magazine - Commentary Home page  back Print  Send To friend How Israel Lost the War Reuven Kaminer The length of the Israeli offensive in Gaza and the ability of Hamas to stay on its feet till now has created space for all the regional forces to enter the competition of shaping post-war Gaza. The US cannot disregard trusted allies like Qatar and Turkey who want in diplomatically, especially as relations with Sisi are still unstable. Qatar has money and Turkey is in NATO. Even if Israel wipes out 90% of the Hamas infrastructure in a month of high casualty fighting, in the present diplomatic juncture, Israel has fallen into a deep and dark no-win rut. Hamas will be present in the discussion on the future of Gaza and this means defeat for Israel. Even blaming Kerry will not help. -- Reuven Kaminer POBox 9013 Jerusalem 91090 Israel 972 2 6414632 [bz] Links to the latest articles in this section Blocade An unsatisfactory answer The US and nuclear programs in the Middle East