- Prof. Shmuel Sandler
- May 17, 2019
- Paper No. 1175
Ever since the unilateral disengagement from Gaza in the summer of 2005, Israel has engaged in โbargaining by the threat of violenceโ with Hamas. Within that framework, the IDF has conducted three large-scale operations in Gaza in addition to smaller rounds of hostilities. With no possibility in the offing of either serious political negotiations or a decisive war, the only alternative is to continue the โdiplomacy of violence.โ