Whatever the achievements of Israel’s superior army and its anti-missile systems, and however appalling the devastation of Gaza, Hamas will survive, if only because Israel wants it to. The alternative – jihadist anarchy that would turn Gaza into a Palestinian Somalia – is simply too unbearable to contemplate.
不管以色列占绝对优势的军队和反导系统取得了什么战果，也不论加沙的状况是多么惨烈，哈马斯都会活下来，因为以色列希望这样。另一条道路&mdash;&mdash;将加沙变成巴勒斯坦索马里的圣战主义无政府状态&mdash;&mdash;实在太可怕，根本无法想象。