Given the ample footage of widespread joy from ordinary Gazans about the murder and kidnapping of Israelis, the hatred appears to be shared by at least some within Gaza.3 Israelis argued to us that it will take several generations and substantial reforms to the education system in Gaza to overcome the hatred that led some Palestinian civilians to support the murder and kidnapping of Israelis. [...] This encirclement of Israel is the result of Iran investing an estimated $7 billion annually to build a “ring of fire” around Israel and much of the rest of the Middle East.11 An Israeli official framed the growth of Iranian-funded militias that can overpower their countries’ governments as representing the collapse of the post-World War I Middle Eastern order of sovereign states with clearly deli. [...] As a counterpoint to the growing Iranian threat, Israeli leaders pointed to the regional defense cooperation that grew out of the twin developments of a) the Abraham Accords and b) the transition of Israel from U. [...] Indeed, they noted that the majority of the Israeli public staunchly opposed focusing on a two-state solution in the aftermath of October 7.22 But their reasoning was also political—it would take a generation, at least, in their estimation, to de- radicalize Gaza and the West Bank alike and build rule of law, accountability, and the political culture necessary for Palestinians to be able to rule t. [...] The measures taken by the IDF to mitigate risks to civilians, and ample evidence that they are properly investigating and responding to all allegations of law of war violations, indicate that the IDF operations in Gaza were not simply a visceral response to the October 7 atrocities, but rather were legitimate, responsibly planned and executed military operations to defeat Hamas, a threat to both I.
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