In the end, nothing changed. A war was fought without an Israeli ground
assault but with massive air and rocket attacks on both sides. Israel did not
have the appetite and perhaps the power to crush Hamas. Hamas did not have the
power to compel Israel to change its policies but wanted to achieve a symbolic
victory against Israel.
....
Just as interesting is
what happens to the Catalonias, the buried nationalisms within existing
nation-states, that are now prepared to challenge the legitimacy of a country
like Spain and demand liberation from it and the right to its own authentic
nationalism. What began in the velvet divorce, peaceful and reasonable, now can
become much less friendly under the pressure of severe economic pain. What
other hidden nationalisms will emerge to use the shield of national
self-determination to deflect economic pain?
Read more: Gaza, Catalonia and Romantic Nationalism | Stratfor
Just
as interesting is what happens to the Catalonias, the buried
nationalisms within existing nation-states, that are now prepared to
challenge the legitimacy of a country like Spain and demand liberation
from it and the right to its own authentic nationalism. What began in
the velvet divorce, peaceful and reasonable, now can become much less
friendly under the pressure of severe economic pain. What other hidden
nationalisms will emerge to use the shield of national
self-determination to deflect economic pain?
Read more: Gaza, Catalonia and Romantic Nationalism | Stratfor
In
the end, nothing changed. A war was fought without an Israeli ground
assault but with massive air and rocket attacks on both sides. Israel
did not have the appetite and perhaps the power to crush Hamas. Hamas
did not have the power to compel Israel to change its policies but
wanted to achieve a symbolic victory against Israel
Read more: Gaza, Catalonia and Romantic Nationalism | Stratfor
In
the end, nothing changed. A war was fought without an Israeli ground
assault but with massive air and rocket attacks on both sides. Israel
did not have the appetite and perhaps the power to crush Hamas. Hamas
did not have the power to compel Israel to change its policies but
wanted to achieve a symbolic victory against Israel
Read more: Gaza, Catalonia and Romantic Nationalism | Stratfor
In
the end, nothing changed. A war was fought without an Israeli ground
assault but with massive air and rocket attacks on both sides. Israel
did not have the appetite and perhaps the power to crush Hamas. Hamas
did not have the power to compel Israel to change its policies but
wanted to achieve a symbolic victory against Israel
Read more: Gaza, Catalonia and Romantic Nationalism | Stratfor
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