(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Friedman: Israel Is About to Make a Terrible Mistake [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-22 Gifting this from NYT, what I view as essential reading today. Please read the entire piece. www.nytimes.com/… Excerpt: “ … If Israel goes into Gaza and takes months to kill or capture every Hamas leader and soldier but does so while expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank — thereby making any two-state solution there with the more moderate Palestinian Authority impossible — there will be no legitimate Palestinian or Arab League or European or U.N. or NATO coalition that will ever be prepared to go into Gaza and take it off Israel’s hands.” [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/22/2200937/-Friedman-Israel-Is-About-to-Make-a-Terrible-Mistake?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/