“Israeli history has taught us that each and every surprise and crisis led to the collapse of the government.
This would have been a tall order in Netanyahu’s prime.
But this invasion by Hamas, he says, would have been planned 12 to 18 months ago – when Netanyahu was in opposition.
The miscalculation, he said, was that Hamas was after economic concessions, and a softening of Israel’s blockade on Gaza.
Such has been the shock and anger over Hamas’ spectacular assault that Israeli voters may ben open to more extreme ideas.
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