The writing has been on the wall for weeks. That was the feeling in Jerusalem on Monday evening after the United States abstained during a vote at the United Nations Security Council calling for an
One poll, in late December, asked Israeli Arabs if they feel "part of the State of Israel and its problems." Sixty-five percent answered that they did, while, before the war, only 48 percent had.
While the West tends to look at conflicts like the Gaza war and expect a victory for one side and a defeat for the other, that will unfortunately not be the case here.
Fifty percent of Israelis do not serve in the IDF and only 1 percent of Israelis serve in the reserves. This is the result of the exemption given to ultra-Orthodox Jews, Israeli-Arabs who mostly do