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August 21, 2018

Israel’s Paradoxical Goals in Gaza

Neither stability nor prosperity is consistent with Hamas’s aims.

Last week, Israel and Hamas seem to have arrived at a cease-fire, although its terms have not yet been made public. Gazans nevertheless resumed violent rioting at the border fence on Friday—complete with Molotov cocktails and incendiary balloons—and an IDF patrol came under fire yesterday. Although Jerusalem has not been entirely clear about its overall strategy for dealing with Hamas, and some have claimed it has none, Yossi Kuperwasser argues that the government’s approach is made clear by its actions:

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August 21, 2018

  1. The Dangers of Diplomacy with Iran

    Avoid the yap trap.

  2. Israel’s Paradoxical Goals in Gaza

    Neither stability nor prosperity is consistent with Hamas’s aims.

  3. Don’t Let Anti-Discrimination Laws Become a Weapon against Religious Liberty and Common Sense

    Investigating a women’s shelter for barring entry to a man.

  4. In Defense of In-Marriage, Community, and Particularism

    Escape from the ghetto of one.

  5. An Ancient Village Appears to Have Been a Center for the Production of Gazelle-Hide Torah Scrolls

    Confirming the evidence of the Talmud.