Israel, and any other country involved in asymmetrical warfare needs a clearer set of rules for what it can do as well as for what it cannot.

“Oren’s main argument is a caricature, bolstered by exaggerations and distortions that will probably contribute to the deterioration of the very relationship the author purports to cherish,” writes Philip Gordon.

“It is not anti-Semitism, or the fear of it, that impels American Jews to disagree with Israel’s policies, but the policies themselves,” writes Leon Wieseltier.

Khader Adnan has been on hunger strike for over 50 days in protest of being held without charge, trial or being convicted of a crime.

“We live in fear of the next blow or the next regulation against us,” a Palestinian taxi driver tells Ha’aretz. “You’ll never know what it’s like to be humiliated, persecuted and on probation in your homeland.”

“Does Israel have the right to turn millions of the people under its control into prisoners simply because it is afraid of what might happen once they are released?” asks Noam Sheizaf.

Since the end of Operation Protective Edge, and in a welcome move, Israel has reversed some of the restrictions on civilian travel between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, though much more remains to be done. Israel does have an obligation to keep its own citizens safe and secure, but this obligation is not at odds with its obligation to ensure normal life in the Palestinian territory, as top security officials themselves have recently noted. More can and must be done for the sake of all residents of the region.

Israel has boarded and taken over a vessel attempting to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip, officials said.

The Hamas general prosecutor on Thursday ordered the closing of the main office of Jawwal, the only cellular telephone company operating in the Gaza Strip, and demanded that it pay taxes to the Gaza government, leading to fears that similar demands would be made of other companies.

The many currents within Fatah are at war as to whom should lead the movement and succeed President Mahmoud Abbas.

“The fight against the boycott would surely be more effective if a way can be found to include Israeli human rights groups,” writes Shahar Ginosar. But Israel is determined to exclude them.

“Israel’s ‘center-left’ party is preventing the formation of a legitimate opposition to the right wing. Its supporters must witness its supine acts and abandon it forever,” writes Gideon Levy.