The Price for Israel’s Government to Stay Together: 33 Palestinian Lives

The end of Operation Shield and Arrow emphasizes the cynicism of the common Israeli electioneering tactic of bombing Gaza.

The family of Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Tariq Izz ad-Din in Gaza. Everyone in this photo was killed at the beginning of Operation Shield and Arrow in an Israeli airstrike that targeted their home.

This motif is a recurring one in many countries. Start a war, win an election. Initiate conflict, distract the voters. The conflicts themselves may a…