If you want to end the Israeli Palestinian conflict, you need four things. You give me two of these things and I'll give you a fighting chance to succeed.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not only a clash of two nationalisms with overlapping claims to territory—it is also a clash of histories, whose wounds resist healing.
"There doesn't seem to be much government interest in our fate right now. And sadly, particularly with this government, I'm not surprised. Their priorities lie elsewhere."
As Israel scrambles to correct its intelligence failure and restore security, Middle East analyst Aaron David Miller predicts the end of the judicial overhaul and—perhaps—of Benjamin Netanyahu.
The PA has barely cooperated with Israel in recent years, but with the prospect of a seaport, an operable airport, and huge financial aid from Saudi Arabia, UAE, the EU, and others, Fatah might well say “yes.”
In southern Israel as in Eastern Europe, jubilant killers went from house to house, making sure no Jew remained alive. The people justifying Hamas’s “war of liberation” are the scum of the earth.
Hours after the horrific attacks in Southern Israel, Israelis at all levels of government had already heard directly that the United States had their back.