israeli-palestine conflict

The doctrine of deterrence has taken a beating. Few doubt that Israel can strike back at Gaza in a very powerful way, and yet that wasn’t enough to stop the attacks. I am still trying to digest this one.

Hillary Clinton on the Israelis and the Palestinians today on The View. Covers everything from Hamas to humanitarian pauses to Yasser Arafat to Anwar Sadat.

DAY 4: THE WAR ON ISRAEL - BARI WEISS REACTS Fear grows as Hamas threatens to execute hostages, says they will show online. 1,000+ killed and 3,400+ wounded. A must watch interview with the founder of @TheFP - @bariweiss - on the atrocities coming out of Israel. We promise… Show more

So it’s useful to ask what absolute power would reveal about Israel and Hamas. In other words, what would each side do if it had nukes and its enemies didn’t? Based on Hamas’s history, and its charter, which calls for the total obliteration of Israel, we can be confident they’d nuke Tel Aviv. And yet, if Israel had nukes, they wouldn’t nuke Palesti... See more