You're right that the status quo is not looking good and it makes me ask...how did you feel about the status quo ante... the conditions on the evening of 10/6 and before.
At that point, there was what I'll call a "semi-cease fire"... Hamas would fire rockets into Israel, Israel would shoot them down. Israel was providing some noticeable amount of water and electricity to Gaza. To say everything was perfect would be ludicrous but ask most Palestinians today if they could have the relative calm of 10/6 back and I think (I don't know but I think) they'd say yes. Hamas fighters, maybe not but the average Gaza person in the street...probably yes.
I agree with your assessment of the headlines and it's consistent with Bernie's comments today that Hamas is winning the PR war. They're doing a great job of helping the world forget about their rape, dismemberment, torture and kidnapping of Israeli citizens on 10/7. This global outrage is less about what's happening to Gaza and more about who's doing it. If, for some reason, Gaza had picked a fight with Egypt and was getting hammered like this from Cairo---I doubt the would would even notice.
And, as I have said from the start...there is a way and unfortunately the ones in control don't want it to be different. From 6,000 miles away, it's easy to say "Israel is in charge" but in reality "Hamas is calling the tunes on this dance". It's over when they want it to be over.
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