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March 28, 2024

What a Strategic Victory in Gaza Can and Can’t Achieve

What winning looks like.

On Tuesday, the Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant met in Washington with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Gallant says that he told the former that only “a decisive victory will bring this war to an end.” Shay Shabtai tries to outline what exactly this would entail, arguing that the IDF can and must attain a “strategic” victory, as opposed to merely a tactical or operational one. Yet even after a such a victory Israelis can’t expect to start beating their rifles into plowshares:

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March 28, 2024

  1. What a Strategic Victory in Gaza Can and Can’t Achieve

    What winning looks like.

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