The similarities between the ongoing war in Gaza and the one that took place in Lebanon in 2006 are remarkable. In both cases, Israel was confronted with two movements of Islamic inspiration firmly rooted in their local environments, which use guerrilla techniques to respond to a military force, like the Israeli media is infinitely higher. Once again, the military option has prevailed over that diplomatic. Again, the bombing campaign was followed by an earth that had been in doubt until the last. Moreover, once again many observers have argued that the current war is an episode that forms part of wider conflict between the so-called "axis of moderates" opposed to the so-called "axis of extremists" (or "resistance", as it is often referred to in the

Arab world). Countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia have attributed the blame of the war on Hamas, as well as in the past were attributed to Hezbollah, and once again are incurred in the ire of the Arab masses, who fell to the streets in support of the movement Palestinian as well as two years ago had fallen to the streets to support Hezbollah. Of course, analysts have highlighted the many differences between these two tragic incidents - such as differences between the outstanding military capabilities of Hamas much lower than those of Hezbollah, and the dramatic situation in the Gaza Strip even before the 'attack, after more than two years of tough economic blockade which had caused a serious humanitarian crisis. However, as some commentators point out, once the military campaign seems to endure, in the absence of clear military targets, and of a clear political outlet. Whatever the final outcome of the war, once again the military solution will prove to be a solution, intensifying regional conflicts rather than resolve them, and to prolong indefinitely the suffering of civilian populations. Several analysts have finally found that this war is bound to arouse hatred in the new region, to Israel and the West - the latter accused of indifference and political inertia on the part of many Arabs - but also to create new divisions in the world Arabic itself, further delegitimize the governments of the countries belonging to the so-called "moderate face".