A Palestinian View
Dramatic consequences may be opportunity for US administration (by Ghassan Khatib)
As predicted, the three-week long Israeli war on Gaza ended with only one definite result: an eventual renewal of the previous six-month ceasefire for another year, give or take. Other military and political outcomes are less obvious and are still being shaped, with the indirect ceasefire negotiations in their infancy.
http://www.bitterlemons.org/issue/pal1.php
Hamas emerges defiant (by Mustafa Abu Sway)
The latest phase in the history of the Zionist colonial project in Palestine is marked by the unprecedented brutality of Israel's military attacks on the Gaza Strip and by the nature of the war crimes that Israel is committing in an area that is still under its occupation and, therefore, under international law, an Israeli obligation to protect civilians.
http://www.bitterlemons.org/issue/pal2.php
AN ISRAELI VIEW:
One entity or two (by Yossi Alpher)
The ramifications of the Gaza war for Israeli politics do not appear to be profound. In contrast, they could be very significant for Palestinian politics, and this in turn could redound heavily on Israeli-Palestinian relations.
http://www.bitterlemons.org/issue/isr1.php
AN ISRAELI VIEW: A unique opportunity (an interview with Gilead Sher)
bitterlemons: Can we speak in isolation of a specific political aftermath in Israel or Gaza following the war?
Sher: I think the IDF operation in Gaza enhanced the understanding that the problems of the Middle East are interconnected and that all the issues have a larger perspective. http://www.bitterlemons.org/issue/isr2.php
