This Had to Happen

If anyone will look at the politics of the situation with a clear head, they will see that the conflict in Gaza had to happen.  Here is the chronology and why.  I wanted it to happen anyways but here is why it couldn't have been avoided.

1.)The three yeshiva boys were kidnapped and apparently killed that same day.  Obviously if this hadn't happened, then the conflict in Gaza could have been avoided but that's a different topic.

2.)A vicious search got underway and while they were looking they decided to arrest all terrorists they found along the way.  As the IDF arrested more terrorists, Hamas shot more rockets from Gaza.  To be honest, Hamas had to shoot the rockets.  There is a certain level of honor that goes with these things.  Hamas was willing to stop shooting if we would stop arresting (once again, this would give them some honor) but we were not willing nor should we have been.  We needed to find the boys and their killers (even though we didn't know they had been  killed at this point).  

3.)18 days later, the 3 boys were found dead.  I do believe if they somehow had been found that first night even if they were already dead possibly this could have been avoided.  However, the public was so engaged and had become so attached to these boys that really the PM had to do something even if he didn't want to.  On top of that, Hamas wanted us to stop arresting and looking for the killers.  We couldn't agree to it.  They couldn't stop even if they wanted to due once again to the honor.

4.)The murder of the Arab teen happened the night after the funeral which was the day after the boys were found.  This could have been avoided had Bibi came out and said we are going to hit Hamas hard now.  After Bibi appeared like he wouldn't do anything, the public was furious and unfortunately some people were furious to the point of murder.  This further cemented this conflict since now Hamas was even more mad along with many regular Arabs.  Still Bibi asks for quiet and we will answer with quiet.  At this point Hamas was furious and even if Bibi had agreed to stop the search for the killers, Hamas was beyond mad.

5.)At this point they were at a stalemate.  Hamas wanted Bibi to stop arresting and looking for the killers and he couldn't do that.  Hamas couldn't stop if they wanted to without this out of dignity from their people.  We couldn't stop the search also because it was right and because of the pressure.  Bibi was under even more pressure to hit them harder and not pull back.  As the rocket fire got more intense, Bibi had to do something.  Now you have the war.  Really there was no way of avoiding this short of the kids not being killed.