‘Mowing the grass’: last round for Israel’s strategy

Israel’s approach to the current conflict mirrors past wars, one of repeatedly cutting back Hamas’s military capabilities before it gets strong enough to do Israel any serious harm.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured in Ottawa in 2012, was on the way out, but now the coalition talks to replace him have broken down in the midst of a perhaps-convenient clash with Hamas, Gwynne Dyer writes. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

May 18, 2021

LONDON, U.K.—“We didn't want this conflict, but now that it's started it has to end with a sustained period of quiet,” said Mark Regev, spokesman for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “That can only be achieved by Israel taking out Hamas—their military structure, their command,...

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