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The Situation in the Middle East…Where to?
Hamas and Israel are supposed to start a new Cease-Fire in forty eight hours. Although the negotiations between the two sides took a lot of time through Egypt, it seems that a new Cease-Fire is about to start. Many sources said that the period of the Cease-Fire will be between one year and year and a half.
The Brothers War
Recently, many efforts were made by the Arab countries in order to reach reconciliation between both Fatah and Hamas. Since the Hamas coup in Gaza, the Palestinian authority in Ramallah considers Hamas Government in Gaza illegal. Hamas currently considers the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas illegal because according to the Palestinian premier law his presidential period ended.
Developments in the Middle East and President Obama’s New Policy
The future of any kind of achievement in the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians is not clear. Although the new American administration supports the two states solution, it seems not realistic to think of achieving it currently. Many of the American journals talked about the substantial choice which President Obama will have to choose to imply in his policy towards the Middle East.
The First Achievement that President Obama brought for America
In International Relations theories and glossary, one can find a term called “Soft Power”. This term means the ability of one state to affect politically another’s behavior or interests through ideological or culture means. In other words this kind of power means to achieve what is needed for the interest of one state through others policy or interests peacefully; spreading a culture or an ideology that attracts the other side to follow and join the policy of the leading state.
Israel Failed because of its Use of Force, Now what?
Israel chose war in order to try to affect on Hamas’s power. The main object of the Israeli operation in Gaza was not to weaken Hamas’s militant force and the result of the war empowers this view. The real object was to try to affect on the Palestinian public opinion in Gaza since they elected Hamas and support its agendas.
