Insights

There really is no such thing as “status quo” in the Middle East of 2014. If it doesn’t get better, it will get worse.

Israelis love to barbecue outdoors – and then leave the burnt remains on the ground next to where they fed themselves.

The continued denial of the Palestinians’ rights for freedom and independence will draw those radical extreme and violent ideas and movements into Palestine and Jordan.

Israel must have mechanisms to guarantee its security and to ensure that Gaza will not rearm itself for the next war.

Gershon Baskin thinks that there are lots of hard choices to make, we need leaders capable of making the, and we don’t have those kind of leaders right now. The diplomatic/political price that Israel will have to pay to end this war is recognizing the Palestinian National Reconciliation Government. (I Read more

Israel should issue this offer to the Hamas as a clear Israeli statement of intent.

A challenge to the Palestinian leadership to come up with its own initiative.

Gaza is different in many ways, but one lesson that should be learned from Iraq and is 100 percent relevant for Gaza is that you cannot resolve a political problem solely with military means.