I hope the Israelis are smart enough to avoid a ground war in Gaza. Cut their food, water, electricity, communications and imports of everything else. Tell the people of Gaza that that remains until they get all hostages back safely along with the leadership of Hamas. Then sit and wait.
The last chance of a two-state solution was the Oslo Accord of 1992.
Which failed due to faults on both sides.
To advocate such a solution now is, at best, self-deception; the two states would be constantly locked in exterminatory war.
Thus the Holy Land cannot be shared; but will be sequestered in total by one side or the other.
Israel has to make a military response to the Hamas attacks of last Saturday.
That means hitting Gaza.
Which in turn inevitably means hitting civilians, even if care is taken not to target civilians.
I hope the Israelis are smart enough to avoid a ground war in Gaza. Cut their food, water, electricity, communications and imports of everything else. Tell the people of Gaza that that remains until they get all hostages back safely along with the leadership of Hamas. Then sit and wait.
Powerful words