"This is a war extremists want. The hopelessness feeds their narrative that there can be no peace, that strength is the only way to security, that the other side (whichever side that is) has no respect for life. As one rabbi put it, this situation is terrible for everyone except terrible people."

Your Jewish Friends are Not Okay Right Now

Why this round of violence in Israel/Palestine is different.

I agree but for both sides ... the extremists on both sides want war ... The people on both sides want peace - at any cost ...