{"id":266821,"date":"2023-10-28T19:15:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T13:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=266821"},"modified":"2023-10-29T19:51:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T14:21:51","slug":"on-israel-palestine-conflict-israel-limits-of-military-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/on-israel-palestine-conflict-israel-limits-of-military-power\/","title":{"rendered":"On Israel-Palestine Conflict- Israel & limits of military power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/strong>This post on the Israel-Palestine conflict<\/strong> has been created based on the article \u201cIsrael & limits of military power\u201d<\/strong> published in Business Standard<\/strong> on 28th<\/sup> October 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 International Relations – Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India\u2019s interests.<\/strong><\/p>\n

News<\/strong>:\u00a0This article discusses the shortcomings of military action in solving geopolitical issues, especially in the context of Israel\u2019s military action in Gaza.<\/p>\n

A detailed article on the Israel-Palestine Conflict<\/strong> can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What is the Israel-Palestine Conflict?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It is one of the world\u2019s longest-running and most controversial conflicts. It is a conflict between two self-determination movements – the Jewish nationalist project and the Palestinian nationalist project, in the same territory.<\/p>\n

On October 7th<\/sup>,2023, Palestinian militant organisation Hamas attacked Israel. The ongoing retaliatory attacks from Israel in the Gaza Strip have led to a huge loss of life and property. This may add another war in the long-drawn history of Israel-Palestine conflict.<\/p>\n

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What are the limitations of military power?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The military is central to a nation\u2019s Gross National Power (GNP). However, history has shown that relying on military power, however formidable, is an ineffective approach to achieving a larger political and strategic objective.<\/p>\n

1) Failure to achieve objectives:<\/strong> For instance, five Israeli wars in Gaza since 2003 have failed to defeat Hamas.<\/p>\n

2) Incapability to solve issues in the long-term:<\/strong> History has shown the futility of settling issues using purely military means. For instance, the Kashmir problem<\/strong>.
\nMilitary action works initially. It puts down the problem in the immediate term and satisfies the urge for revenge. However, the problem stays intact, and may even get stronger.<\/p>\n

USA\u2019s military action in Afghanistan<\/strong> as part of the \u2018War on Terror\u2019 is another example of this. In the absence of diplomacy, politics and compromises going together, it was eventually unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

Specifically for Israel, despite Israel\u2019s military action, its enemies, including non-state actors, such as Hamas or Hezbollah, still exist.<\/p>\n

What makes Israeli military action complicated?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1) Demands for a two-state solution: <\/strong>From the US to India, Europe and China. Due to the overwhelming Arab and Muslim opinion on Palestine, demands will also come from UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.<\/p>\n

2) Non-state actors: <\/strong>Israel\u2019s challenge is complicated by the fact that they do not face a hostile, sovereign power, but a non-state actor (Hamas).<\/p>\n

3) Urban warfare: <\/strong>Gaza itself is really a little urban sprawl. Cities trap troops and give an advantage to the defender.<\/p>\n

4) Civilian casualties and destruction:<\/strong> Hamas\u2019s ideology won\u2019t just survive; it will return stronger.<\/p>\n

What should be Israel\u2019s strategy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Israel would be better off fighting a more patient, long war, using its intelligence, targeted attacks, targeting terrorist leaders.<\/p>\n

Question for practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s military action in Gaza might not yield the results Israel expects. Discuss in light of the challenges of urban warfare and the limitations of military action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: This post on the Israel-Palestine conflict has been created based on the article \u201cIsrael & limits of military power\u201d published in Business Standard on 28th October 2023. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 International Relations – Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India\u2019s interests. News:\u00a0This article discusses the shortcomings… Continue reading On Israel-Palestine Conflict- Israel & limits of military power<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[10503,212,239],"class_list":["post-266821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-business-standard","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-international-relations","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":48,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698671886},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}