Summary
In the wake of Iran’s unprecedented retaliation against Israel, a major effort is being made to contain the conflict from expanding into a wider war. There is a growing gap between the policies of the U.S. and Israel toward the conduct of the war in Gaza. The price of diplomatic and economic normalization has increased exponentially for Arab Gulf states, writes Aaron Miller. Miller: Progress on normalization must be linked to ending the war in Gaza and moving ahead on Palestinian rights and self-determination. There have not been presidential elections since 2005. The leadership is perceived to be aiding and abetting the occupation by its security coordination with Israel. A cosmetic “revitalization” of the Palestinian Authority will not address the challenges ahead. Edward Djerejian is a senior fellow with Middle East Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He says there is no military solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, only a political one.
