Power Imbalance Prevented Gaza War From Being Halted, Political Science Professor Says

An imbalance in power has prevented the war in Gaza from being stopped, according to Dr. Ismail Turki, a professor of political science.

Turki said Israel used the events of October 7 as a pretext to pursue goals and plans related to the Palestinian issue.

His assessment linked Israel’s response to those events with broader objectives concerning the Palestinians, rather than treating the war as an isolated development.

Turki identified the unequal balance of power as the central obstacle to halting the conflict, placing it at the heart of his analysis of the war’s continuation.