You forgot this one:
5. Because they just don’t want to.
Thomas Friedman:
How did we get here, where a Jewish democratic state, descended in part from the Holocaust, is engaged in a policy of starvation in a war with Hamas that has become the longest and most deadly war between Israelis and Palestinians in Israel’s history — and shows no sign of ending?My answer: What makes this war different is that it pits what I believe is the worst, most fanatical and amoral government in Israel’s history against the worst, most fanatical, murderous organization in Palestinian history.
The headline makes it seem that this column is a Trump slam. It’s not really, it’s more of an “everybody” slam.
Gift article. Well written, insightful analysis.