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Gaza ceasefire: Israel has failed on every front

Readers’ corner 2025-01-18, 9:17am

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Gazans are living in temporary shelters in Khan Younis. @ UNRWA



In Algeria and Vietnam, the French and US armies had overwhelming military advantage. Both forces withdrew in ignominy and failure many years later. In Vietnam, it was more than six years after the Tet Offensive, which like the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 was perceived at the time to be a military failure. But the symbol of a fightback after so many years of siege proved decisive in the war.

In France, the scars of Algeria last to this day. In each war of liberation, the determination of the weak to resist has proved more decisive than the firepower of the strong. (Middle East Eye) 

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-ceasefire-after-15-months-brutality-israel-has-failed-every-front 

Zoglul Husain <zoglul.hus@gmail.com>