a nonstate actor nested in civilian populations who uses rockets launched from rooftops, school backyards and living rooms, and the only way to win those wars, to win those time-outs was to, unfortunately, tragically, kill civilians. and the israelis chose to do that. so they bought this time-out with running the risk of being accused of war crimes. and that s why you have this oddity of israel on the one hand more illegitimate than ever being accused of basically war crimes. prime minister netanyahu has got to get off the dime here and understand the danger and opportunity of an israel that has to buy its time-outs with this currency. and this is the moment. and unfortunately, netanyahu is doing what he did the first time around. i call it dog paddling in the rubicon. he never quite crosses the rubicon.
a nonstate actor nested in civilian populations who uses rockets launched from rooftops, school backyards and living rooms, and the only way to win those wars, to win those time-outs was to, unfortunately, tragically, kill civilians. and the israelis chose to do that. so they bought this time-out with running the risk of being accused of war crimes. and that s why you have this oddity of israel on the one hand more illegitimate than ever being accused of basically war crimes. prime minister netanyahu has got to get off the dime here and understand the danger and opportunity of an israel that has to buy its time-outs with this currency. and this is the moment. and unfortunately, netanyahu is doing what he did the first time around. i call it dog paddling in the rubicon. he never quite crosses the rubicon. he dog paddles in the middle. he s caught. he s in this paralysis.