It certainly presents Netanyahu with a sharp dilemma: whether to push ahead with a full operation in Rafah and lose US support; or … risk losing the support of his hard right coalition members
Anthony Dworkin on Israel’s role in Gaza-related negotiations
By going into Rafah, Israel could be seen as saying…we have taken over the corridor, we have uprooted terrorist infrastructure and now we can have a ceasefire
Kelly Petillo on the importance of reforming the Palestinian Authority
My general sense is that the [Israeli] security establishment would be more likely to prioritise finishing off Gaza, then shifting to other threats – whether that be Hezbollah or Iran
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