Israeli journalist Avi Issacharoff, commenting on the spread of security in the Gaza Strip: – This is how it seems, to those who were wondering: There is no victory, and there is no absolute victory. Hamas remains in power in Gaza. – It is a painful (but necessary at the present) settlement in light of this government’s failure to translate military victory into actual political change. It can be estimated with caution that soon the finger of blame for this failure will be pointed at the Supreme Court, the left, the Kaplan movement, the media, and the security system.