Published: 14 May 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Israeli Right says it wants to keep Hamas in power (972Mag)
As the latest round of fighting in Gaza and southern Israel died down, it has becomeclear that keeping Hamas in power has become a central tenet of the Israeli Right.
Paying for calm on the Gaza front cannot be our policy (Ynetnews)
Amos Yadlin: The last round of cross-border fighting between Israel and Hamas demonstrated the need for a new strategy to replace repeated mistakes
Israel reopens Gaza crossings; Hamas expects Qatari money within days (Haaretz)
Qatari, UN envoys to visit Gaza for discussions on implementation of cease-fire agreement, Palestinian media reports
Palestinian said killed in Gaza border riot in test of truce after fighting (Times of Israel)
Thirty wounded as thousands gather on border; UN envoy speaks with Hamas chief on implementing understandings with Israel to prevent renewed violence
What Netanyahu and Hamas are really fighting for in Gaza (The New Yorker)
Bernard Avishai: None of this portends the “quiet for quiet” formula that Israeli governments have fallen back on since the 2014 war—a formula that Hamas categorically rejects. Indeed, a war of attrition may be the only feasible option that Hamas leader Yahyar Sinwar and Netanyahu have left themselves, but this style of engagement also makes each side hostage to the other’s opportunism—or recklessness.
Photo: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, left, and Hamas Gaza chief Yahya Al-Sinwar at a memorial service, in Gaza City in 2017. Credit: Reuters/Mohammed Salem
