Meanwhile on the International front....

So if they try a little harder to protect civilians all is well? That isn't what you wrote a few pages ago. That was the plan you suggested that was thoroughly unrealistic.

 

Opinion | So Many Child Deaths in Gaza and for What?

 

Fight for Gaza’s Khan Younis Puts Israel, U.S. on Collision Course

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveb...aim-hamas-refusing-to-release-raped-hostages/

The Israel Defense Forces says public discussions about the state of captives held in Gaza has moved into reckless territory, urging those responsible to knock it off.

“The conversation around the issue is irresponsible, inaccurate and should be avoided,” the IDF says in a rare statement.

The pushback is apparently in response to comments from US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller Monday that Hamas terrorists likely held back on freeing female hostages because it did not want them to speak publicly about being subjected to rape and other sexual violence.

 

Biden's keen to let Israel exhaust op against Hamas, but sets clear price

 

War fever is a disease to which no society is immune, unfortunately.

 

A Ruinous War and Peacemaking in Gaza

In any event, Israel cannot “destroy” or “eliminate” Hamas anytime soon. With international diplomatic support, however, it might be able to disarm, suppress, and further delegitimatize the group. Doing so would require the committed help of those powerful Arab states, such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia, whose leaders fear and despise the Islamist ideology that Hamas espouses. Yet any engagement by those countries in postwar reconstruction or negotiations would almost certainly depend on whether Palestinians have a clear path to statehood. With good reason, Israelis and Palestinians alike have lost faith in the catchphrases of nineteen-nineties diplomacy: the “two-state solution” and “land for peace.” The Palestinian Authority, the most important institution to emerge from those negotiations, is moribund and corrupt. And crafting a feasible peace settlement will almost certainly require a new era of Israeli leadership. Durable Israeli security cannot be achieved without Palestinian sovereignty. The alternative to re-starting the difficult work toward a sustainable deal is violence with no end in sight.

 

Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war - Committee to Protect Journalists

As of December 7, CPJ’s preliminary investigations showed at least 63 journalists [killed]

 

There are many reasons they might make that statement. One is to protect the privacy of the hostages. Telling the world that happened to them would likely only make the trauma worse even if they are freed. It also inflames the frustration in Israel with those who think the focus is too much on attacking Gaza and not enough on bringing the hostages home safely.

 

Chait

The College Presidents Were Right About Campus Antisemitism
Schools should regulate conduct, not speech.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/202...ism-campus-free-speech-congress-stefanik.html