Palestine: the status quo cannot continue
After the recent killing of four Israelis by (most likely Hamas-affiliated) Palestinians, Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu “promised” harsh retaliation. In fact Netanyahu’s promise was an announcement after the fact — already the Old City of Jerusalem had been closed to all non-resident Palestinians, and a hundred or more had been wounded by Israeli troops around the West Bank. This article by Adam Keller looks at the political backdrop to these events. Sometimes, on the battlefield, a soldier takes a hand grenade and pulls out the pin but does not yet toss it. It is possible. As...