By Walid Phares
As the Israeli Government has decided to commit to a unilateral cease fire in Gaza, and in light of the US-Israeli agreement on blocking the flow of weapons to Hamas; also in light of a NATO exploration of a possible high sea control of arms shipments to the pro-Iranian organization and as news of Arab financial grants to the enclave, components of the internationalization of the strip are now being taken into consideration. But at the same time, Hamas and its supporters in the region, Iran and Syria, are adamantly opposed to any form of UN or international role in the enclave. At the same time, Egypt rejected the deployment of any international force on its side of the border with Gaza. In this context, I conducted the following media discussion with military expert Thomas Smith published in the International Analysts Network and on the Family Security Matters site. Read more ...
As the Israeli Government has decided to commit to a unilateral cease fire in Gaza, and in light of the US-Israeli agreement on blocking the flow of weapons to Hamas; also in light of a NATO exploration of a possible high sea control of arms shipments to the pro-Iranian organization and as news of Arab financial grants to the enclave, components of the internationalization of the strip are now being taken into consideration. But at the same time, Hamas and its supporters in the region, Iran and Syria, are adamantly opposed to any form of UN or international role in the enclave. At the same time, Egypt rejected the deployment of any international force on its side of the border with Gaza. In this context, I conducted the following media discussion with military expert Thomas Smith published in the International Analysts Network and on the Family Security Matters site. Read more ...
Source: Counterterrorism Blog
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