The Netanyahu government has already been forced to breach the budget several times ■ As part of the addition to the defense budget approved this week, the government allocated 1.6 billion shekels for humanitarian aid to Gaza's Palestinians through the much-maligned Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir must bang on desks and tell the government this is madness, that the army he commands will not carry it out. At the very least, he should threaten to resign – and follow through if needed

On Land Day in 1997, as he drove us through burning tires in Ramallah, Barghouti said to me, 'My biggest fear is that we will lose hope.' Well, it happened. I lost hope; perhaps Barghouti did as well. Ben-Gvir won, and his victory is total