(Ha'aretz) Aluf Benn- The international community has despaired of the Israeli-Palestinian bloodletting and has filed it in the drawer of chronic conflicts, like Kashmir, where it's a pity to waste one's energy. The cliche that calm in the Holy Land is important to preserve both regional stability and the price of oil has been proved false. The Israeli convention that it's important to win a war quickly, before the great powers impose a cease-fire that favors the Arabs, has also collapsed. The great powers no longer care.
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