{"id":1686,"date":"2026-07-03T14:51:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/07\/03\/no-israeli-security-without-palestinian-freedom-no-palestinian-freedom-without-israeli-security\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T14:51:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:51:37","slug":"no-israeli-security-without-palestinian-freedom-no-palestinian-freedom-without-israeli-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=1686","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;No Israeli security without Palestinian freedom; no Palestinian freedom without Israeli security&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"t-content t-content--edition\" id=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"t-content__with-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"t-content__beside-sidebar\" data-article-content>\n<h1 class=\"t-content__title a-page-title\">&#8216;No Israeli security without Palestinian freedom; no Palestinian freedom without Israeli security&#8217;<\/h1>\n<div class=\"m-master-tag\">\n<div class=\"a-tag-section\">\n                                    Middle East\n                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-video-player o-video-player--16x9 t-content__main-media \" data-media-video-3d62b426-4aca-479e-993a-32c89c3cd951 data-show-hidden-video-player=\"3D62B426-4ACA-479E-993A-32C89C3CD951\" data-wrapper-video-player data-autoplay-video-link data-youtube-script>\n<div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<\/p>\n<p>        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices                <\/p>\n<p><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock\" data-adblock-content>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-adblock__content__text\">One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. 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One thousand days after the outbreak of the Gaza war, Gershon Baskin shares a stark assessment of Israel&#8217;s political and strategic trajectory. Rather than framing the anniversary solely as a military milestone, he argues that it represents a profound failure of political leadership, strategic planning and institutional accountability.                <\/p>\n<div class=\"t-content__body u-clearfix\">\n<p>Baskin&#8217;s analysis moves beyond battlefield developments to examine the deeper dynamics shaping the conflict: the absence of a national inquiry into October 7, the growing disconnect between military operations and political objectives, the psychological distance separating Israelis and Palestinians and the failure of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/israeli-politics\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Israeli politics<\/a> to seriously confront the Palestinian question.<\/p>\n<p>He also advances an explicitly strategic \u2013 rather than purely moral \u2013 argument for peace:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Israel<\/a>&#8216;s long-term security and Palestinian freedom are mutually dependent. An emerging regional economic agenda, backed by Gulf states and potentially driven by an influential American administration, could create a rare opening for a negotiated two-state settlement, he adds. Whether one agrees with his conclusions or not, he offers a comprehensive critique of prevailing assumptions and a vision that reframes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/peace\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">peace<\/a>\u00a0as a geopolitical necessity.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__authors t-content__authors--multiple\">\n<div class=\"m-from-author\">\n                    <span class=\"m-from-author__by-label\"><br \/>\n                By:<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-author m-author--small m-author--has-image\">\n<div class=\"m-author__image\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/3a004830-e086-11ee-af8f-005056bf30b7\/w:388\/p:1x1\/avatar-Fran%C3%A7ois_Picard.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/3a004830-e086-11ee-af8f-005056bf30b7\/w:177\/p:1x1\/avatar-Fran%C3%A7ois_Picard.jpg 177w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/3a004830-e086-11ee-af8f-005056bf30b7\/w:388\/p:1x1\/avatar-Fran%C3%A7ois_Picard.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100px, 170px\" width=\"388\" height=\"388\" alt=\"Fran\u00e7ois Picard\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"a-img \"><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"m-author__name\">\n                                                    <a href=\"\/en\/author\/francois-picard\/\" title=\"Fran\u00e7ois PICARD\" class=\"m-author__name__title\"><br \/>\n                                Fran\u00e7ois PICARD<br \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"m-from-author\">\n                    <span class=\"m-from-author__by-label\"><br \/>\n                Video by:<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-author m-author--small m-author--has-image\">\n<div class=\"m-author__image\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/3a004830-e086-11ee-af8f-005056bf30b7\/w:388\/p:1x1\/avatar-Fran%C3%A7ois_Picard.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/3a004830-e086-11ee-af8f-005056bf30b7\/w:177\/p:1x1\/avatar-Fran%C3%A7ois_Picard.jpg 177w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/3a004830-e086-11ee-af8f-005056bf30b7\/w:388\/p:1x1\/avatar-Fran%C3%A7ois_Picard.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100px, 170px\" width=\"388\" height=\"388\" alt=\"Fran\u00e7ois Picard\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"a-img \"><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"m-author__name\">\n                                                    <a href=\"\/en\/author\/francois-picard\/\" title=\"Fran\u00e7ois PICARD\" class=\"m-author__name__title\"><br \/>\n                                Fran\u00e7ois PICARD<br \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"m-author m-author--small m-author--has-image\">\n<div class=\"m-author__image\">\n                                                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"m-author__name\">\n                                                    <a href=\"\/en\/author\/ilayda-habip\/\" title=\"Ilayda HABIP\" class=\"m-author__name__title\"><br \/>\n                                Ilayda HABIP<br \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"o-sidebar__aside\">\n<div data-tms-ad-status=\"idle\" data-tms-ad-container class=\"o-ad-container o-ad-container--box o-ad-container--with-shimmer\">\n<div class=\"o-ad-container__content o-ad-container__content--report-enabled\">\n<div class=\"o-ad-container__label m-block-ad__label--report-enabled\">\n                    <span class=\"o-ad-container__label__text\">Advertising<\/span><br \/>\n                                            <button title=\"Report this ad\" class=\"o-ad-container__content__report-link\" data-tms-ad-report><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/button>\n                                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__tags t-content__below-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"m-section-title m-section-title--small\">Related keywords<\/div>\n<ul class=\"m-tags-list\">\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/israeli-palestinian-conflict\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Israeli-Palestinian conflict\">    Israeli-Palestinian conflict<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;No Israeli security without Palestinian freedom; 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