By Arzu Celalifer Ekinci
Recent Israeli attacks on Gaza caused more than a thousand civilian casualties. At least 1,300 Palestinians have been killed and 5000 injured since the beginning of the attacks. Israel’s disproportionate use of force and its attacks on civilians had been condemned and led to many protests all around the world. It was probably the first time that the world public opinion reacted in such a large scale at the same time.
There are various opinions about why Israel chose such a roadmap. While a noteworthy majority explains this by the oncoming elections in Israel, others claim that the main reason behind those attacks was inciting Iran and endangering the possible dialogue process between the U.S and Iran by drawing Iran in that conflict. Another group defends the idea that the key player behind this conflict was Iran and Iran would be the only beneficiary of that conflict in any case. Thus the Iranian stance toward the conflict has become important.