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Dopo la bufala di Jenin....analisi molto corretta  e condivisibile.
MMAX
ANALYSIS / Israel helps provide legend for Palestinian struggle
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/783685.html
The battles at Beit Hanoun, and especially the siege on Friday on the
Al-Nassr Mosque in Beit Hanoun, will probably become another founding
legend in the Palestinian narrative of the second intifada.
Children in the territories will hear in the years to come the story
of the wondrous rescue operation, like the stories of the battle in
the Jenin refugee camp and the siege of Bethlehem's Church of the
Nativity. They will hear how dozens of women went out to the mosque,
dressed the 60 militants hiding in it in dresses and veils and
extracted them from the Israeli siege.
The drama will demonstrate how the civilian population can be
mobilized to rescue its "protectors." Every debate on the role of the
Palestinian woman in the intifada will raise the battle story as an
example of the women's part in the national struggle.
But nobody (at least until the appearance of the first
post-Palestinian historian) will ask why dozens of women risked their
lives for a group of armed gunmen, who are directly responsible for
the catastrophe taking place in Beit Hanoun. The problem is not merely
on the Palestinian side. In Israel, too, many are asking what good the
military operation is doing.
It is clear that the Qassam rocket fire is not subsiding. At best, it
may be reduced. The number of Palestinian fatalities in the operation
has exceeded 40, but the terror organizations' resolve to persist in
firing rockets at Sderot has not wavered.
The killing in the Gaza Strip is out of proportion to any losses on
the Israeli side. Perhaps these figures undermine the goal of the
Israel Defense Forces, wishing to prepare the ground in a few months
for a much larger operation, this time in the south of the Strip,
against the arms smuggling tunnels in Rafah.
The defense minister and chief of staff took time out from their
bickering over the appointments in the IDF and came together to the
Gaza division's headquarters Friday to monitor the operation's
achievements. Amir Peretz and Dan Halutz expressed satisfaction.
Senior Southern Command officers said the operation's main success is
in the intelligence field.
Hamas had strengthened its military grip on Beit Hanoun recently, both
in fortifications and in Qassam-launching networks. The operation is
supposed to block this development. But in private conversations the
officers admit that the chance of stopping the civilians' support for
Hamas are slim.
In any case, the operation is expected to end in the next few days.
The number of detainees that may be found will decrease and Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert's visit to the United States, at the end of next
week, will require pulling the troops out.
In the Palestinian arena, Israel managed to do for Hamas what it
failed to do. The criticism from within of Ismail Haniyeh's government
has died down. Hamas is once again leading the fighting, in the number
of its fatalities as well. Hamas apparently led the "heroic" rescue
operation from the mosque.
The IDF's operation may even end the school teachers' strike, which
has been going on since September 1. Hamas was unable to stop it. The
Palestinian civil war has been forgotten over the past week. Fatah's
representatives in the Gaza Strip are totally busy fighting against
Israel.
They repeatedly bring up the conspiracy theory - that the IDF and
Hamas are cooperating by continuing the fighting. Thus, they say,
Hamas remains in power, and Israel can continue to say it has no
partner on the Palestinian side.
Meanwhile, 30,000 Beit Hanoun residents continue to live under siege  
for the fifth day, with short respites. The IDF's liaison
administration is trying to alleviate the civilians' suffering, but
there is no running water in the taps because the IDF's bulldozers
have damaged - perhaps by mistake - main water pipes, and the houses
reek of sewage.
After more than six years of continuous fighting, neither side in the
dispute appears to have given up the basic assumption at the beginning
of the intifada. The Palestinians and Israelis are both still
convinced that the other side understands only force.
The Gaza Strip's residents continue to protect the activists launching
the Qassam rockets, although they have caused the Palestinians massive
damage. They insisted on continuing the fire even after Israel
withdrew from the Gaza Strip in the disengagement.
On the other hand, every senior IDF officer is certain that he will be
the first to sear into the Palestinian consciousness the realization
that terror doesn't pay. 
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http://bloggoanchio.splinder.com

 ANALYSIS / Israel helps provide legend for Palestinian struggle
magari sono una legenda pure i missili che arrivano ad ogni ora ed i 
brandelli di carne che vagano per le strade.
Sei, anzi, siete mitici...