Boycott campaigns expand .. Israeli doubts about the feasibility of war

Recently, international criticism of the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip has increased, amid a growing skepticism in Israel’s ability to achieve its declared goals, at a time when the circle of calls to boycott Israel at the political, cultural, sports and academic levels can expand.
The American New York Times quoted Israeli military analysts as saying that it is unrealistic that the current operation will be able to strike a jury for the Hama movement, suggesting that the matter will require many years of fighting to prevent the movement from restoring a foothold in Gaza. The newspaper quoted a former Israeli intelligence officer as saying that “it is naive to believe that Israel is able to eliminate Hama quickly, “stressing that the movement will remain an influential force in the Palestinian scene inside the sector. As for the British Guardian newspaper, it published a report issued by the Independent” Akid “organization, revealed that civilians are the overwhelming majority of Israeli victims since the violation of the ceasefire last March, while official Israeli data showed different numbers. The report shows that the death toll in the ranks Hama is much lower than that Israel claims, and that the movement has moved to the use of unconventional methods such as mine and ambushes, with direct clashes declining. The report also indicated that the Israeli forces follow a long -term strategy to weaken Hama and push the Palestinian population to migrate from the Strip. The expansion of the boycott campaigns, the Financial Times, highlighted the growing calls to boycott Israel because of its war on Gaza, explaining that these campaigns extended to include sports, arts and academic circles. The newspaper stated that a new campaign under the slogan “Game Over ISRAEL ”launched in New York, where a huge advertising board appeared in the Times Square Square calling for a boycott of Israel and accuses it of exterminating a collective extermination. It was reported by the activist Ashish Barasher – the former adviser to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair – as saying that the sports and cultural boycott is a very important weapon, indicating that football in particular may constitute a global way to fuel the anti -Israel campaign, completely As happened in South Africa during the era of apartheid. In this context, the Israeli newspaper Hume revealed the decision of the Italian authorities to exclude Israel from the International Tourism Exhibition scheduled for next month in the city of Rumini, considering that its participation is “inappropriate” in light of the continuation of the war on Gaza. The mayor of Rumini emphasized that the promotion of a country practicing mass killing is not in line with the goals of the exhibition. The suffering of women in Gaza is a humanitarian angle, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz published an article by the writer Rawan Suleiman highlighted the special suffering facing Palestinian women in Gaza amid the conditions of forced displacement and the lack of the elements of life. The writer described the status of women as the most difficult, where they bear psychological and physical burdens Double, starting with starvation and lack of health services, through cases of fetal loss and premature children due to the absence of medical care, to the deprivation of clean water and treatment. The article confirmed that women in Gaza are facing devastating effects that extend for generations, as a result of the policy of starvation and the siege imposed by Israel, which makes the humanitarian crisis in the sector more darker day after day.