After the Ceasefire: The Gathering Storm
James Quillian,Economist, Political Analyst, Natural Law
The formal end of the war settles nothing. It merely clears the ground for the next round of fighting to begin with almost no interval. Hatred of Israel already runs vast and deep throughout the Middle East. The conflict has raised that hatred to a pitch never recorded before. At the same time, the war has planted the seeds of open contempt for Israel in capitals and streets far beyond the region. That contempt has not yet found its full expression, but the conditions for it are now in place and will not remain dormant.