On November 17th Hurriyet publiched an article by Murat Yetkin headlined 'UN bound to fail again in Israel.' "Before going to Egypt to carry out talks with President Mohamed Morsi, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan answered the questions of journalists on Friday in quite an upset tone. “There is no point talking to Israel,” he said, referring to the ongoing military operation against Gaza.“It is the duty of the United Nations Security Council to stop it,” the article begins
"U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to go to Gaza on Nov. 20 to observe the situation with his own eyes. It was only a few days ago that he warned world leaders that the Middle East was about to explode. It is one point to ask how many people will get killed on the Palestinian and Israeli sides by then. It is another point to ask whether the U.N. has any power to stop the operations, or any authority left to tell both Israel and Hamas to stop it," the author says.
"The answer is a big “No” and everybody knows it, including Ban himself. It is likely that the U.S. is not going to allow any U.N. Security Council resolution against Israel by using its veto power as it has been doing for a long time. Just like Russian and Chinese vetoes on any action against Syria enabled Bashar al-Assad to carry out more attacks on his own people, deepening the crisis there into a civil war and jeopardizing the already fragile security atmosphere in the Middle East," the article reads.
"That is why the U.N. is bound to fail again in stopping Israel conducting a wide-scale Gaza operation," Yetkin concludes.
The Jerusalem Post published an article headlined 'The Gaza reality.' "It was clear that Israel had to act to restore its deterrence in the South. During most of the nearly four years since Operation Cast Lead ended with a strong Israeli victory, Hamas not only refrained from attacking Israel, but also actively prevented other terrorist organizations operating in Gaza – Islamic Jihad, Salafists and al-Qaida affiliated groups – from launching attacks. But all that has changed. Hamas become increasingly daring," the article begins.
"A striking sign that Hamas has achieved considerable regional and international legitimacy was the emir of Qatar’s recent visit to the Gaza Strip, which included a promise to provide $400 million in reconstruction aid to the Hamas government," the article reads. "Meanwhile, justifiably or not, the Muslim world perceives the Obama administration as weak. And Hamas is betting that as the conflict in the south drags on, US President Barack Obama will be less outspoken than George W. Bush was in his support of Israel. And Egypt – which is highly dependent on US aid – is betting that it will not be put under enormous US pressure to force Hamas to stop the rocket and mortar fire against Israel."
"Under the new geopolitical circumstances, Hamas has not only allowed the various terrorist organizations in Gaza to shoot rockets and mortar shells at civilians in the South and attack IDF patrols. The anti- Semitic terrorist organization – which includes The Protocols of the Elders of Zion in its official Charter – has increasingly launched attacks of its own. The resulting escalations have resulted in nearly 1,000 rockets and mortar shells fired at Israel since the beginning of the year," the article says.
"While Israel has not only the right but the moral obligation to defend the residents of the South, Operation Pillar of Defense – like Operation Cast Lead – will not change the fundamental dynamics in Gaza. We hope that, as was the case with Cast Lead, Pillar of Defense will restore our military deterrence, which – in the present geopolitical situation – is the only means of achieving quiet in the South," the authors believe.
