It is too soon to say if the muscle flexed by far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich will lead to his resignation, or if the rising global pressure will lead to a deal. The takeover of Gaza City is two months away – and mediators may use that time to reach a cease-fire

Netanyahu realized that collaboration with the settler right would give him a forever war and limitless inventory of victims. Military camps, patrols and raids would yield him dead and wounded to feed the fire of vengeance

Government supporters are wrong in believing that the IDF is omnipotent and can both conquer Gaza and return the hostages if it wants to