Israel and Palestine: 30 wasted years

Israel has drifted so far right over the last three decades that none of the plausible rival candidates in this month’s Israel election is interested in seeking peace with the Palestinians, and the PLO is in corrupt and useless shambles.

Benjamin Netanyahu has been Israel’s prime minister more than half the time since 1995, and may even win a new term in office in this month’s election despite his failure to stop Hamas’s surprise attack three years ago, writes Gwynne Dyer.UN photograph by Evan Schneider

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

October 8, 2026

LONDON, U.K.—Here is how the high command of the Israel Defense Forces laid down the rules for ‘remotely’ killing suspected Palestinian activists in the densely populated Gaza Strip after the surprise Hamas attack on Israel three years ago on Oct. 7.

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