This seemingly endless war only ends if Hamas surrenders all Israeli hostages. What are the odds of that happening? Slim to none on most betting pages. That is a problem.

The political question before us: How do we responsibly and realistically manage the slim?

Let’s look at the tale of the tape. This war began on May 14, 1948, with the creation of the State of Israel. Jews were not a welcomed-back neighbor. It was not a feel-good story of the people of all three Holy books, returning to their homeland after 1,876 years in exile, building upon a growing Yishuv that King Abdullah of Jordan credited with making the “desert bloom” again.

Why were the Jews scattered from their promised homeland? The Romans did not like these stiff-necked people. (Much like Palestinians are seen as stiff-nec

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