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Laura Rozen takes a tentative stab at those questions. She quotes an Israeli commentator, who says Jerusalem doesn't really have a long-term objective. The operation is simply about "forcing Hamas to agree to a cease-fire on terms that Israel is willing to meet... Not occupation and not toppling. The moment that Hamas agrees to a cease-fire, the operation is supposed to end." (But tell that to the Israeli Interior Minister, who says there is "no room for a cease-fire.") Then Rozen talks to an Arab-American analyst who says Hamas most definitely does have a far-reaching goal: destabilizing Egypt and other moderate Arab states. (And yet we have Palestinian militants cheering for the Israelis to smash Hamas.)