The “next day” is an expression that has been haunting us for weeks. While it is still general and ambiguous, its features will most likely consist of a number of elements. Those will be determined by the questions raised by the Al-Aqsa Flood operation launched by Hamas on October 7th; by the…

It was on Oct. 7th. They woke up Benjamin Netanyahu, who found a cup of poison waiting for him. He couldn’t believe it at first glance. They came by land, air and sea. Al-Qassam fighters are walking free in the settlements. They fire shells and bullets and take the hostages into the Gaza…

The day is March 9, 1973. Two generals rejoiced over news they deemed as the “grand prize”. The generals are Ariel Sharon and Moshe Dayan, who was then defense minister. Tales at the time said Dayan wanted to make sure himself and when he did, he ordered that sweets be handed out to the…

More important than the Al-Aqsa Flood operation is the situation that will prevail after the war on Gaza ends. What will the situation be like on the present and future of Gaza, the West Bank, Israel and the region? Retaliation for the Flood with a new Nakba will only fuel instability…

A ceasefire is not enough to put out the flames. The oppression that causes the blaze needs to be confronted. Avoiding confronting the heart of the problem turns a ceasefire into a truce and paves the way for a broader conflagration. This oppression dates back seven decades. The embers of the…

Horrors are not new to the sick Middle East. Its blood has been shed in many wars and across many maps. The wars often end in a settlement that goes against the ambitions of those who fired the first bullet. There remains one endless war: The Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It often lies in…

What will he say when age betrays him? What will he say when he is summoned to a court? He knows who awaits him there. David Ben-Gurion, Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Menachem Begin, Ariel Sharon and others. Will he remind them that he is the longest-tenured prime…

Before the Rafah border crossing stood a man called Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary General. He has modest demands: that the crossing be opened for a first batch of aid to be delivered. Food and fuel to ease the suffering of those living in the hell that is Gaza. Of course, he…

The harshest wars are the ones whose belligerents believe that retreat is impossible because it is tantamount to a devastating defeat and existential threat. The war between Israel and Hamas appears to be one of these wars and will likely lead to massive humanitarian losses and have military,…

It is too soon to wonder what the Israeli political military and security institution will conclude from the current developments. It is also too soon to wonder what Hamas will conclude. Will the Israeli institutions view the developments as a terrible setback that must be overcome by making…