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GAZA REVISITED?! STOPPING THE MAYHEM

Gaza needs an urgent political and humanitarian response. One without the other is not enough. The international community has a role to play in ending Israel’s continued siege of Gaza, which has only led to recurring bouts of belligerency and fed the desperation in Gaza that fuels it. Donors must come through with their pledges and send a clear and strong message to Israel that this will be the last time Gaza is rebuilt. Ultimately, a political solution to the question of Palestine must replace the corrupt policies that have brought nothing but recurring, indecisive wars to Gaza.

Yousef Munayyer is a policy analyst at the Arab Center of Washington, D.C., and the executive director of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.