May 29th, 2007
Out of the Impasse: UN Mandate in Gaza to the Arab League
The Lebanon war taught Israelis the harsh lesson which Hamas, and a loose constellation of guerilla groups in Gaza, are now reinforcing: that unilateral withdrawal does not ensure peace unless there is some stable sovereign power to which authority can be transferred. But the Lebanon war also pointed the road to a solution. (Read more…)
(An Italian version of this piece appeared in Corriere della Sera, May 28, 2007.)