The Israel-Palestinian Conflict Requires Not Peacemaking, but Constant Vigilance

Is there any chance the current cease-fire will hold in the long run? And will Hamas simply return once the IDF, inevitably, withdraws its troops from Gaza? Dan Schueftan addresses these and other questions in a conversation with Haviv Rettig Gur, in which he defends his support for the 2005 disengagement from Gaza—which led directly to the Hamas takeover. (Schueftan’s arguments for such a policy likely influenced then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s decision to carry it out.) In his view, not diplomacy, but only constant vigilance can keep Israel safe. (Video, 87 minutes.)