For Israel, the bloodshed of the past month has created hundreds of new Palestinian militants against the Jewish state. Their hatred will be difficult to quell through any future peace talks. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains fixated on the goal of destroying every tunnel used by terrorists to travel from Gaza to Israel, but whatever extra security Israel gains will have to be measured against the future cost of more militants determined to avenge the civilians killed in the war. Tunnels can always be rebuilt; but the desire for peaceful coexistence is far harder to recreate once it has been destroyed. And that is the only thing that can truly safeguard Israel’s future in the long term.
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