
A Chance For Peace? #357 By Hank Silverberg Commentary I have spent much of the summer intentionally distracted from what is going on in the world. Much of it is depressing, so I focused on baseball. My Red Sox had a pretty good season. I am saddened that they did not go past the first round of the playoffs, mainly because I now have to pay attention to the real world again. Israel and Hamas will be having indirect negotiations in Egypt this week that could lead to another ceasefire and a hostage release. A new peace deal in the Middle East is being touted as the best possibility to end the war in Gaza and bring some peace to Israel and the Palestinian people. I'd like to write it's a good plan that might work, but I can't. Here are five reasons it is likely to fail: 1) The plan relies on Hamas to return all the Israeli hostages, give up their arms, and submit to some kind of international monitors in...