Comments on: What does the quiet mean? http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-does-the-quiet-mean/ The Marketplace of Ideas Wed, 22 May 2013 18:54:32 +0300 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Anonymous http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-does-the-quiet-mean/#comment-107860 Anonymous Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:53:46 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=85808#comment-107860 First, Hamas may be in control, but Israel can topple them any day.

Second, it is in Israel's best interest that Hamas, the true face of Palestine, has control of Gaza, effectively cutting it off from the WB, and preventing the creation of a PA state. The long term goal for Israel should be sealing off Gaza completely and annexing the WB in its entirety.

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