Last time an Israeli was kidnapped and killed in the West Bank (3 teenagers), it triggered the 2014 Gaza war . Since we already have a 6-month war there, and many Israelis are being held already, the potential for violence and escalation in the West Bank is that much greater.

With Israel and Iran at risk of being on brink of war, I am reminded of the campaign in 2012, when Netanyahu was threatening to strike Iran, of Israeli social media campaign sending love to Iranians, who responded in kind.

Today that is quite absent. 972mag.com/new-campaign-s…

The most senior IDF commander dismissed for his role in the drone strike which killed seven ⁦World Central Kitchen⁩ aid workers in Gaza is a settler who signed an open letter in January calling for the territory to be deprived of aid. telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

Humanitarian and medical workers are to a large extent the reporters of this Gaza war

Israelis waiting for Hamas to be defeated
Israelis waiting for hostages to come home
Israelis waiting to return to their homes
Israelis waiting for Netanyahu to be gone
Israelis waiting for war with Hezbollah
Israelis waiting for Iran retaliation

Yes, but it’s not only Netanyahu’s war, it’s also Israel’s war foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/02/net…

International Crisis Group says Israel 'directs aid to big families who agree to embrace its agenda, while targeting those who refuse, risking damage to Gaza’s social fabric in a way that a U.S. official noted is reminiscent of Mogadishu in the early 1990s'…

Barely three months into 2024, the Israeli government has already set a record for the amount of West Bank land declared as state-owned property. Its annexation in broad daylight. haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Gantz is a political rival to Netanyahu only in that he is not Netanyahu.

Iranian officials cited by Reuters and NYT in recent days have said the goal of a retaliatory operation would be to deter further attacks.

The possibility that this would achieve that while avoiding a significant escalatory response is close to nil.

When Israel wants, like in Damascus, its strikes are very precise.

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This is really the only thing you need to know about the ceasefire/hostage talks. Everything else is noise.

“The number of journalists that have been martyred in the past six months is so high that friends have shut their doors on my family because they didn’t want a journalist staying with them, believing us to be a target.” - Ibtisam Mahdi 972mag.com/gaza-death-war…