When the public wants quiet and diplomats crave closure, the temptation is to pretend a problem has been managed when it has only been deferred.
This story matters because it compresses Israel’s external and internal battles into one episode. Israel’s controversies are all here.
Rabin’s assassination will keep echoing because the decisions bound up with his name keep recurring.
A week after the celebration of a war’s end and the liberation of hostages, a sober reality has sunk in.
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.
