I don’t think it’s possible without another Arab-Israeli war, or some kind of collapse of Israel’s military command. Unfortunately I think that strategically this latest attack is going to go down in history as a failure, because despite showing Hamas’ ability to win tactically unless something major changes I think the most significant political effect that this attack will have is galvanizing Israeli politics further against the Palestinians.

Now, that said, this could be just the first week of a new era of Palestinian resistance. If that’s the case then the situation in Gaza is going to become not unlike Stalingrad in WW2, with open warfare between a besieged population and their attackers, and if it goes on long enough Hamas will pull concessions out of Israel eventually, but it’s impossible to know whether that will be months or years down the line or whether it will be pro-Palestinian leadership that gets those concessions or some kind of collaborationist movement that arises and usurps Hamas.