Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Fizzle

Wow. Israel really did win this round with Hamas. A sign is that I never even noticed it (well, I didn't realize how it was happening, anyway):

Hoping to avoid a repeat performance by suicidal activists, the Israelis used lawsuits to halt this year’s blockade runners. A group of Israeli activist lawyers worked with the Israeli government to keep the blockade runners tied up with red tape. ... Nine of the ten blockade runner boats eventually gave up, and the operation as officially a failure. This proved that lawfare works both ways.

After Hamas got a propaganda victory last year (aided by pro-Hamas media that could spin a violent Hamas ambush into an Israeli attack).

Kudos to the Israelis for finding an effective way to win within the rigged rules they find themselves playing under.