One month after the deadly Hamas attacks on Israel, PM Binyamin Netanyahu talks about the prospect of a long war, a prospect that seems impossible. So what's the alternative?
Before October 7, Israeli hawks cynically characterised periodic flare-ups with Gaza as "mowing the lawn". Now, after the bloodiest day since independence for Israel, fighting escalating on multiple fronts, as well as the killing of more than 10,000 Palestinians, the reality can no longer be ignored. Nor each side's pain.
The Algerian writer Kamel Daoud recently warned not to fall into the trap of turning "death tolls and suffering into a football match where you keep score", but it's much harder to find common ground and unearth the forlorn path to a viable and lasting political settlement.
Produced by Charles Wente, Josephine Joly and Imen Mellaz.
