>we've tried that Here's a former Israeli official responding to this claim better than I reasonably could: https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2023/10/10

>we've tried that Here's a former Israeli official responding to this claim better than I reasonably could: https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2023/10/10/the-crisis-shows-the-failure-of-israeli-policy-towards-palestinians-says-shlomo-brom https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2023/10/10/the-crisi... https://www.hoover.org/profiles/shlomo-brom https://www.hoover.org/profiles/shlomo-brom >[Shlomo Brom] retired from the Israel Defense Forces, where he held the position of director of strategic planning in the general staff, in 1998. He was also the deputy national security advisor, 2000–2001.