Comment by VBprogrammer
2 years ago
Would Israel allow Gaza to have a conventional standing army? With barracks, heavy weapons and maybe airbases?
Isn't it a bit silly to complain about their lack of adherence to conventional military practices?
2 years ago
Would Israel allow Gaza to have a conventional standing army? With barracks, heavy weapons and maybe airbases?
Isn't it a bit silly to complain about their lack of adherence to conventional military practices?
No state will tolerate a hostile army near its borders. But if representatives of Gaza/West Bank recognized Israel and made a peace agreement with delineated borders - they would have their army like any other government.
Today it sounds highly hypothetical, but was definitely possible at many points in Israel's history.
I find it hard to imagine a future in which Israel allows a Palestinian state to have its own army of any reasonable capability. Almost as much as I find it improbable that such an army wouldn't be mobilised against Israel as soon as it was sufficiently established - regardless of any pretext of peace.
However, my point was based on the situation today. The import of building materials into Gaza is strictly controlled because those materials could be used to build and fortify military positions.
It is contradictory to prevent the creation of military positions and also complain about civilian structures being used for military purposes.