Voor de ontwikkelingen binnen Gaza zelf, en het commentaar van een betrokken en kritische in Gaza wonende buitenlander, ga naar Philip Rizk. Hier.

Part of a Conquer and Divide strategy is timing. Why did Israel wait until this moment to consider Mahmoud Abbas a “partner committed to peace” when his positions have hardly changed since his election over two years ago? Why is Israel only now considering freeing Marwan Al-Barghouthi, a convicted Fatah activist? Why only now release the frozen government taxes ($570 million) that the Palestinians have desperately needed since Israel started withholding them in March of last year?