Jonathan Lincoln

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Next to a mount of rubble in Jabalia, Gaza, August 2024. Mahmoud Issa / Reuters

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For more than ten months, the war in the Gaza Strip has raged on with catastrophic consequences. Israel has considerably weakened Hamas’s military capabilities, but at the cost of a staggering death toll and massive destruction. Although Hamas may no longer be a serious threat to Israel, the group will likely survive in some form.

As Washington and governments in the region desperately search for an end to the fighting and an arrangement for the day after, many are turning to the idea of deploying an international peacekeeping mission to Gaza. They hope that an international mission might enforce a cease-fire, stabilize the devastated territory, and eventually rebuild it.…  Seguir leyendo »

Aid from the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip, March 2024. Mohammed Salem / Reuters

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There has hardly been a war, crisis, or peace process involving Israel and an adversary that has not involved a UN response of some kind. Despite the UN’s many shortcomings, the assumption that any situation would be far worse without its involvement has generally been an accepted principle. The war that began with Hamas’s brutal attack on October 7 has challenged this assumption like never before, particularly for Israel. Despite years of working with the main UN agency that provides aid and services to Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, Israel is now seeking to dismantle it.

In January, Israeli officials alleged that as many as 12 of UNRWA’s staff members in Gaza participated in the October 7 attack.…  Seguir leyendo »