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...lasted more than 18 months has only worsened the suffering of civilians there. Despite Israeli claims that it is allowing and even aiding humanitarian agencies in the territory, a million Gazans do not have electricity and 250,000 do not have running water as a result of the clash. Meanwhile, the NGO Save the Children reports a “severe shortage of food” and the World Food Programme’s stores have been rendered inaccessible by the fighting, while the International Committee of the Red Cross has had difficulty getting medical resources to injured or dying...
Regardless of the moral calculus of the clash in Gaza, Israel’s short-term, violent tactic will, in result, counter what should be the ultimate goals for the region: a lasting peace and stability...
Neither side is likely to have all its demands met by a cease-fire. The amount of compromise each side will have to swallow will be determined by the impact, in Gaza and beyond, of the ongoing clash of bombs, bullets, rockets and images. After that will come the battle to shape the perception of victory. Israelis go to the polls next month to pick a new government, and more hawkish politicians may accuse Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Livni (both of whom are running for Prime Minister) of failing to finish the job. That, and the probability that...
...expounded on his argument in the book “The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order,” which has been translated into 39 languages...
Huntington is best known for his "clash of civilizations" theory, which attributes warfare between nations to underlying religious and cultural differences. The theory caused a stir when Huntington first published it in 1993 but later gained support, particularly after the Sept. 11 attacks, which some pointed to as evidence of the cultural strife predicted by Huntington's theory...