Broadcasts on: 03 Oct 9:15 PM
Over the 16-year period since the militant Islamic organization Hamas evicted the Palestinian Authority from the Gaza Strip – bringing about a series of clashes with the Israel Defense Forces – very little happened between these two adversaries without Hamas actually causing it.
On the very rare occasions where Hamas was not involved, they decided to let their junior partner and main competition – Palestinian Islamic Jihad – bear the brunt of the Israeli retaliation.
So when the relative quiet on the Gaza border was recently broken in mid-September, with violent demonstrations, incendiary balloons and IEDs, the questions raising their ugly heads once again are … why? … to what end? … and where could it all be leading? Joining us for this analysis:
Panel:
– Host – Col. (Res.) Reuven Ben-Shalom : Cross-Cultural Strategist and Associate at ICT, Reichman University
– Amir Oren : Editor at Large, Host of Watchmen Talk and Powers in Play
– Col. (Ret.) Dr. Eran Lerman : Co-host TV7 Middle East Review, Powers-in-Play Panelist, JISS VP and Editor in Chief of the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune
– Dr. Uzi Arad : former Israeli National Security Advisor and Mossad Division Chief