It is sometimes hard to believe in early resolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
An Israeli mattress factory in Sderot has been closed, and the operations moved elsewhere. The boss blames the closure on rocket attacks from Gaza. [Source: Jerusalem Post, Jan 18th 2008] Meanwhile, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are experiencing a severe shortage of mattresses, and are crossing into Egypt to look for them. [Source: BBC, February 2nd 2008]
Why are mattresses important? Because they enable marriage and childbirth. Therefore deliberate attacks on an enemy's mattress supply can be regarded as a tactic to limit its population growth. Surely that would only make sense to people who thought the conflict would last for decades yet. Is that what is happening here?
That's one of the most ingenious interpretations of current events I've ever seen. I suspect that you had your tongue lodged firmly in your cheek as you were writing it - yet who's to say that there isn't a kernel of truth in your analysis?
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