The alternatives — Israel running Gaza or Gaza becoming another Somalia — are far worse. But until then, Israel would be crazy to want to stay in Gaza and be responsible for its reconstruction. Sadly, if all this war does is buy Israel another long timeout with Hamas, well, maybe that’s all that’s possible. After all, up to now, the real history of Jews and Palestinians, going back to the early 20th century, has been: war, timeout, war, timeout, war, timeout, war, timeout, war, timeout. Maybe one day that will change, but for now Israel needs to get the hell out of Gaza and back into a timeout.

Source: The Herald June 20, 2024 14:36 UTC