When “Iron Swords” Return to Their Sheaths

Perhaps, the notion that the established two-state paradigm has no workable alternatives needs to be clarified or even revisited? Six months have passed since we saw another escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict following a massive Hamas terror attack on October 7, 2023. After Palestinian militants killed some 1,200 Israeli civilians and took 253 others as hostages, Israel launched Operation Iron Swords in the Gaza Strip. The operation has proven to be more complex, costly and time-consuming ...