Binyamin Netanyahu will not want violence to mar the Eurovision song contest, to be hosted in Tel Aviv next week
been a celebratory weekend. Israelis were getting ready to mark their 71st independence day. In Gaza 2m Palestinians were making final preparations for the month-long Ramadan holiday, which began on May 6th. And then the rockets and bombs started falling. Residents on both sides spent the weekend cowering under rocket fire and air strikes. Four Israelis were killed, the first civilians to die in fighting with Gaza since a brief but brutal war in 2014.
Hamas and Israel are stuck in a bind. The militants know that Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, does not want to invade to remove them from power, for that would involve a bloody fight, followed by uncertainty about what would replace Hamas. The Palestinian Authority , which controls the West Bank, is in no shape to control Gaza. Mr Netanyahu’s rivals love to criticise his strategy, yet none has a coherent alternative.
Hamas officials say Israel has promised to take further steps, including easing import restrictions, within a week. That deadline will coincide with the start of the Eurovision song contest, to be hosted in Tel Aviv from May 14th. Mr Netanyahu will not want violence to mar an event that will be watched on television by millions of people. But some Palestinians may not be satisfied with whatever modest concessions Israel makes in the coming days.
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