Israel must solve the Palestinian issue to save itself

For years, Israelis could comfortably ignore “the Palestinian question.” Despite occasional terror attacks, cycles of rocket fire and the cost of militarily controlling millions of Palestinians, most Israelis could more or less disregard the underlying issues, certainly when living in the densely populated areas centered around Tel Aviv, or in other such bubbles.

The Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led massacre and its aftermath radically changed this. But a year and a half into the war, Israeli...