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Thomas FriedmanBrisbane Times |
There is only one thing worse for Israel, not to mention Palestinians, than a Gaza controlled by Hamas: That’s a Gaza where nobody is in charge.
While the two battlefronts – Russia v Ukraine and Israel v Hamas – may look very different, they actually have a lot in common.
Israel has been at war with Hamas for over 100 days and still has over 100 hostages to recover, but Netanyahu’s No. 1 focus is Netanyahu.
No Gulf Arab state will come into Gaza with bags of money to rebuild it unless Israel has a legitimate Palestinian partner and commits to a two-state...
Wiping out Hamas is an unattainable goal, and getting stuck in Gaza would be a disaster.
If Israel announced that it was forgoing, for now, a full-blown invasion of Gaza, who would be happy, who would be relieved, and who would be upset.
I’m not getting into the debate about whether Biden is too old to run for re-election. I’m just telling you that when it comes to diplomacy, age...