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Hard truths about Gaza war’s cruel and complex dilemmas
The harsh reality about the Palestinian issue is its long and tangled history in a region where there are rarely good options, only bad and worse ones.
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Restoring deterrence – against Hamas, Iran and Hezbollah, and other terrorist groups that Teheran supports – is an existential issue for Israel, says the writer.
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The horrific terrorist attack of Oct 7, which saw 1,400 mainly civilian Israelis murdered, and the consequent response against Hamas in Gaza
To empathise is only human. Emotions are amplified by the complexity of the Palestinian issue. From that long and tangled history, narratives that lay all responsibility on one side or the other can be easily constructed to fan emotions.
