Invasion of Gaza would likely be bloody and prolonged

+ how safe are roundabouts? US Edition - Today's top story: Israeli invasion of Gaza likely to resemble past difficult battles in Iraq and Syria [View in browser]( US Edition | 25 October 2023 [The Conversation] [The Conversation]( Top headlines - [Israeli-Palestinian conflict leads to more antisemitism in the US]( - [41 states, plus DC, sue Meta for harming teens]( - [Why bottled water is a ‘temporary’ solution that often lasts years]( Lead story Could Gaza be Israel’s Fallujah? The prospect of Israel beginning a ground invasion of Gaza has seemed to creep ever closer over the past two weeks. Even as President Joe Biden has warned Israel about the quagmire that can result from a ground invasion without a long-term plan for stability – as the U.S. knows from Iraq and Afghanistan – U.S. military advisers are now in Israel helping that country’s military plan for an invasion. Regardless of what those plans look like, any [ground invasion is likely to be bloody and prolonged](, warns Javed Ali, a former senior U.S. government intelligence and counterterrorism official now at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Ali points to the history of Israeli invasions of Gaza and explains why a new invasion probably won’t resemble those comparatively minor and short-lived assaults. Rather, it will be more like the sustained, grueling urban warfare of the U.S. battles for Fallujah during the Iraq war, or other close-quarters fighting during the battles against the Islamic State group a decade later. [ [Science from the scientists themselves. Sign up for our weekly science email newsletter.]( ] Naomi Schalit Senior Editor, Politics + Democracy Armored Israeli military vehicles maneuver near Israel’s border with Gaza. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images [Israeli invasion of Gaza likely to resemble past difficult battles in Iraq and Syria]( Javed Ali, University of Michigan Hamas and the international community expect Israel to invade the Gaza Strip. The battle will probably be more like recent Middle Eastern combat than Israel’s past fights with Palestinians. Politics + Society - [Antisemitism has moved from the right to the left in the US − and falls back on long-standing stereotypes]( Arie Perliger, UMass Lowell Antisemitism in the US is growing – and that growth appears to be related to the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. It also reflects a different political ideology than in the past. - [Polls have value, even when they are wrong]( Kirby Goidel, Texas A&M University Data gleaned from even early polls reveals critical clues on how voters view candidates and issues. 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