Tom Friedman on the Only Way to Solve the Israel-Hamas War

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  This is The Opinions, a show that brings you a mix of voices from New York Times opinion.

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  You've heard the news.

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  Here's what to make of it.

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  I'm Thomas Friedman.

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  I've been following the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since I was 15.

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  I cover foreign affairs for The New York Times,

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  but with a particular emphasis on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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  On this second anniversary of the war, how am I feeling?

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  You know, this has been the longest Israeli-Palestinian war.

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  It's also been the first war that, despite its length, two years now, it actually has no name.

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  The 1948 war, the War of Independence, the Nakba War from Palestinian point of view, the 67 war,

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  the Six Day War, the Sinai War, the October War, this war, two years, still no name.

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  And so I have a name for it.

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  It's the worst war.

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  This is absolutely the worst war ever between Israelis and Palestinians

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  because it comes after a failed attempted peace.

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  It's a war that was launched by Hamas with complete viciousness aimed to kill as many Israeli soldiers and civilians as Hamas soldiers could encounter.

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  And it triggered an Israeli response against Hamas that has devastated Gaza inflicted tens of thousands of Palestinian casualties,

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  both soldiers and civilians,

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  and done so without Israel offering any political horizon for the morning after.

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