Observers can still be opposed to the border barrier in particular, Israeli policy towards Palestine in general, and Netanyahu personally while also acknowledging that he’s such a security-obsessed leader that it doesn’t make sense to claim that he’d let Hamas powerfully undermine all three for any reason.
I am beginning to think that very astute computer hackers were able to dismantle the sensor system along the security fence enabling Hamas forces to surprise and overwhelm Israeli border security forces.
Yes, I don't discount that. The border barrier is supposed to be the most high-tech and effective one in the world. It's unbelievable that Hamas could breach it without any opposition whatsoever without some sort of cyber attack facilitating their operation. It might very well be that Israel placed too much trust in technology and that was its Achilles' heel here.
It's still early days yet, but whether some faction of the Israeli government at least did a LIHOP or not, it would be really weird if Netanyahu didn't try to exploit the situation to his own political advantage.
He's definitely taking maximum advantage of it to decisively end Israel's years-long conflict with Hamas, or at least that's what he plans to do, but I sincerely don't think he had any advance notice of this and let it unfold anyhow just to have a reason to do this.
A lot of folks have everything backwards in thinking that "cui bono" observations are supposed evidence of some convoluted plot when all it suggests is that political players are opportunistic.
I am beginning to think that very astute computer hackers were able to dismantle the sensor system along the security fence enabling Hamas forces to surprise and overwhelm Israeli border security forces.
Yes, I don't discount that. The border barrier is supposed to be the most high-tech and effective one in the world. It's unbelievable that Hamas could breach it without any opposition whatsoever without some sort of cyber attack facilitating their operation. It might very well be that Israel placed too much trust in technology and that was its Achilles' heel here.
It's still early days yet, but whether some faction of the Israeli government at least did a LIHOP or not, it would be really weird if Netanyahu didn't try to exploit the situation to his own political advantage.
Of course he's going to do that.
He's definitely taking maximum advantage of it to decisively end Israel's years-long conflict with Hamas, or at least that's what he plans to do, but I sincerely don't think he had any advance notice of this and let it unfold anyhow just to have a reason to do this.
A lot of folks have everything backwards in thinking that "cui bono" observations are supposed evidence of some convoluted plot when all it suggests is that political players are opportunistic.