Gaza's End Game

The anti-Israel network has won a major victory against Israel and politicians across the West who supported Israel, are jumping ship. Here's what this means.

"The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armory of the modern commander." TE Lawrence

"Social networking is the greatest weapon in the armory of the modern commander." John Robb

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Until recently, most conflicts fought in the moral realm have been guerrilla wars.

• In guerrilla wars, successful insurgencies focus on shattering the moral cohesion of the states directly involved in the conflict.

• If they are successful, the target government is overthrown as people either actively oppose or distance themselves from it, or an exhausted invader withdraws their forces as anti-war protests grow at home.

• In every case, guerrilla wars are LONG conflicts (which is why the #1 goal of guerrilla warfare is survival).

Shifting Online

This dynamic has changed now that social networking makes it possible to fight wars in the moral realm online, using events in the physical realm to advance the conflict.

• Now, the center of gravity for wars in the moral realm is online. It’s where the news of events arrives first, where the narratives built upon it are fought over, and how it is distributed to most people (TV news is dying).

• Unlike pre-network wars, these wars don’t focus solely on the cohesion of the combatants' domestic populations. They are waged across the entire network of people, firms, and governments connected to the combatants.

• Also, unlike these earlier wars, these conflicts progress to their conclusion in months rather than years and decades.

With this in mind, let’s dig into recent developments in the online tribal war over Gaza.

Turning Point

The war in Gaza progressed quickly in May despite the fighting on the ground being reduced to a slow burn. The relentless online war against Israel culminated in a significant turning point in May.