In Gaza, Israel Must Try to Restore Deterrence While Avoiding War
Iran and Mahmoud Abbas want war, but Hamas doesn’t.
October 22, 2018
In Gaza, Israel Must Try to Restore Deterrence While Avoiding War
Iran and Mahmoud Abbas want war, but Hamas doesn’t.
Early Wednesday morning, a rocket fired from Gaza landed in the city of Beersheba, striking the courtyard of a home. (The woman who lived there, and her three children, barely escaped.) Israel responded swiftly with airstrikes, and the IDF reported that this weekend was the quietest along the Gaza separation fence since March 30, when the weekly riots there began. Yet some 10,000 Palestinians still gathered at the border, burning tires and throwing stones, grenades, and makeshift explosives at Israeli soldiers on the other side. Meanwhile, writes Eran Lerman, Jerusalem faces a difficult decision about how to proceed:
October 22, 2018
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