Israel’s Failed Bombing Campaign in Gaza: Collective Punishment Won’t Defeat Hamas – Robert Pape/Foreign Affairs

Incisive analysis, suggestions. The author, however, omits one possible motivation for the Netanyahu regime to apply collection punishment: creating more terrorists gives it a continuing pretext to acquire more Palestinian land.

Israel intensifies daily raids on occupied West Bank – Al Jazeera

And so it goes…

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Israel’s war against Hamas is just, but it must be fought justly – Chris Van Hollen/WaPost

Good to see Sen. Van Hollen (Appropriations and Foreign Relations committees) weigh in …. Money talks, BS walks.

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