Egypt shows diplomatic finesse forging Gaza cease-fire
Hamas' agreement to refrain from attacks, for now, puts Gaza on the back burner for Israeli elections.
Threat of ‘devastating action’ pays off
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tried to keep tensions with Hamas out of upcoming national elections, with a vote coming March 2. Egypt has helped him to do that.
It wasn’t easy. Tensions have been rising due to a wave of attacks from Hamas-led Gaza into Israel. The conventional wisdom in Israel is that a military response against Palestinian territory would be risky and uncertain, and not necessarily to Netanyahu’s electoral advantage.
These are not simple military operations; they are a kind of black hole, militarily and politically.
