Thank you so much for your insightful reporting on this. I remember when I was a kid I would read the newspaper but it was never quite clear to me what was going on in Israel. I finally asked my dad one day about it and he gave the longest sigh before trying to encapsulate the history for me. Over 50 years later and nothing has really changed. I think it's time for Israel to become it's own state.
"Palestine, the area of current day Israel inhabited by Muslims and Jews" and Christians and some other small religions.
One thing I do not understand is Egypt's position on the Gaza Strip. Should Egypt allow at least a temporary refuge? I understand the historical antipathy with Hamas / Muslim Brotherhood and the Egyptian government and the fear of providing a refuge for Hamas, but it seems there is more Egypt should be doing.
Will you also be writing more in the future on what seems from here to be a massive intelligence failure?
Agree on Egypt, but you are right I think it is deep fear of giving access to a group of people who could potentially destabilize the fragile political situation there. I will come back on the massive intel failure later. It is a big topic.
Thank you for the history recap of a precious part of the world in conflict now. The context provided in your writing is useful.
Please remind me: Are the non-combatant civilians of the opposite sides being allowed a safe refuge?
This conflict will end, eventually.
Thank you so much for your insightful reporting on this. I remember when I was a kid I would read the newspaper but it was never quite clear to me what was going on in Israel. I finally asked my dad one day about it and he gave the longest sigh before trying to encapsulate the history for me. Over 50 years later and nothing has really changed. I think it's time for Israel to become it's own state.
"Palestine, the area of current day Israel inhabited by Muslims and Jews" and Christians and some other small religions.
One thing I do not understand is Egypt's position on the Gaza Strip. Should Egypt allow at least a temporary refuge? I understand the historical antipathy with Hamas / Muslim Brotherhood and the Egyptian government and the fear of providing a refuge for Hamas, but it seems there is more Egypt should be doing.
Will you also be writing more in the future on what seems from here to be a massive intelligence failure?
Agree on Egypt, but you are right I think it is deep fear of giving access to a group of people who could potentially destabilize the fragile political situation there. I will come back on the massive intel failure later. It is a big topic.