Keine Ausreden mehr für einen Waffenstillstand für die Hamas

SS: After Hamas broke the ceasefire on Sunday, killing 2 Israeli soldiers in an RPG ambush, there needs to be strong repercussions for these violations to stop them from occurring again.

Israel is weary, but there’s no reason its troops couldn’t hold more advanced positions. As long as Israel controls the Gaza-Egypt border to cut off Hamas’s arms smuggling, security is manageable.

But to prevent Hamas from reconstituting a rump state, the Arab “stabilization force” needs to get moving. If it isn’t able to quickly deploy, destroy tunnels and disarm Hamas—or if the parties look to make it another United Nations peacekeeping farce—forget it.