It would have been much easier to “sit on the sidelines and preach,” he said, but “preaching never gets you anywhere.”“I come from the Balkans,” he said. And when you carry that baggage, it does help you see things a bit differently. This is not a conflict where you can come in and just draw a line. It’s emotional.”“I know from my own experience that when the quote-unquote foreigners come and tell you what to do, you just shut them off. “And were it to happen, it would be terrible for Israel.” Forget about another Gaza cease-fire, he said.

Source: New York Times January 02, 2021 09:57 UTC