'Is there really a "solution" to the Israel-Palestine conflict?'
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Israel is trapped by Western guilt
Tom McTague for UnHerd
At the heart of the Israel-Hamas war "is a troubling question", writes Tom McTague for UnHerd. "Is there a 'solution' to the Israel-Palestine conflict, or does the search for solutions ignore the lessons of history itself?" Prime Minister Netanyahu's "understanding of Israel's predicament and, indeed, of Jewish history itself" is that it is "fated to fight for survival and to be hated", says McTague. "And today, it feels harder than ever to argue that it is wrong."
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Isabel Hardman for The Spectator
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