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Can Israel rethink its approach to security?
Clayton Collins
Director of Editorial Innovation
One of the most challenging aspects of the Gaza saga, besides the limited outflow of good information, has been the tending of the tinderbox that the enclave remains. Hamas is still armed, despite efforts by Qatar and others. It wants to surrender weapons only to a new Palestinian administration that does not yet exist. And, so, a fragile truce can crack, as when Israeli airstrikes reportedly killed 100 Palestinians last week after militants killed听an Israeli reservist.
Might a third-party force be a help in this hair-trigger environment? It would not come without complications. Arab countries met on Monday in Istanbul about monitoring, pending a United Nations mandate. Western nations are circling the idea, too. Gaza is a hard sell for peacekeepers. But such a force could fare better than a combatant seeking also to police. One question, reports Dina Kraft today, is whether go-it-alone Israel can swing a big shift in thought on how to ensure its security. It鈥檚 a question many Israelis are asking.
