Israel wants peace but only has three options -- all bad:
Option 1: Current option -- tit-for-tat. McGoerge Bundy said the reason why the U.S. lost the war in Vietnam is that the Vietcong were more willing to die than we were to kill. That's true in Israel today and I believe this leads to long downward spiral to quagmire hell. We've now had three years of little progress and with no hope in sight
Option 2: Full scale conflict. Define terrorism as war and attack its supporters. Attack Syria. Attack Iran. This plan is the most high-risk because it could ultimately lead to the entire world collectively engaging against Israel (though that's not too different from today).
Option 3: Pull out of the West Bank and Gaza ASAP. Build a huge fence, dismantle all untenable settlements immediately. This option is likely to have some horrible short term consequences (as terrorists will be emboldened due to a perceived victory) but might be the only sane choice Israel has in the long run.
Israel, a nation that more than any other wants peace, has no good option to achieve that goal.
