Rosner’s Domain

Triumph or tragedy? Patience is what we must have. Because the war is over in some way, but not quite over in many other ways.

It’s not that easy to predict where this package takes us.

You think the lives of Palestinians are going to be better than today within a Palestinian state? Look at Gaza, look at Syria, look at Yemen and think again.

The bottom line is that no camp really thinks this was a good year socially.

The political paradigms that dominate Israel today weren’t born on Oct. 7 – they were forged in September 2000.

Responsibility means defending yourself — while also asking, with honesty, what you may have done to give those enemies an opening.

Is there famine in Gaza? This is a surprisingly hard question to answer. Not because no one is trying to answer it, but because no one you fully trust is giving you the answer.

If we set aside the word “existential,” which is vague in meaning, the Iranians certainly have motivation, an ideology, a hostile regime, and malicious intent.

The Israeli public may be ready for a deal. But like most things in Israel, support comes with conditions and caveats.

They are not friends. People like them have no friends.