However, Trump put his foot down and insisted that the team go, otherwise it would be a violation of the ceasefire. Right now Trump is the only thing keeping Bibi in this deal.

3) The is no contradiction between morality and strategic utility. Not complete contradiction anyway. If Israel had been more careful and had investigated its own actions, its position in the world would be far better.

2) Nothing can bring Israel genuine long-term security but peace. The use of force only buys time and creates temporary security, often at the expense of long-term stability.

The three most important things Israel can learn from this in the future is this:

1) Military force is important but it does not solve all problems. It must be combined with legal, diplomatic and political tools aimed at achieving its goals of security.

These mistakes led directly to the unfortunate situation Israel is in now. Its soldiers and heads of state are afraid to go to other countries. Hamas remains in power, many hostages are dead, and Palestinian civilians have suffered far more than was needed.

That could lead to needless bloodshed and a needless delay in the release of the hostages. I was, unfortunately, correct.

3) That the Netanyahu government was motivated at least partially by an attempt to survive and keep Ben-Gvir and Smotrich in the coalition and not by the strategic interests of Israel.

It became clear that the diplomatic clock would run out (it took far longer than I expected) and when the sides were finally forced into a ceasefire, Hamas would remain in power. I was, unfortunately, correct.

2) Israel did not have a day after plan. That meant that no matter how many Hamas terrorists the IDF kills they will not be replaced.

It became apparent that the Israeli courts were not investigating these things sufficiently and they will end up before international tribunals. I was, unfortunately, correct.

1) Israel was not as careful with civilians as it should be and was not disciplining its soldiers properly leading to all sorts of issues, some of which were war crimes.

He is not the most deadly terrorist that will be released in the first phase, but likely the best known and most symbolically important. Hamas really wanted the pictures of his release to buttress their influence, and now they will get them.

Responsible for the terror attack in 2002 Beit She'an attack that killed 6 people and two shootings on Israeli buses. But he also was the commander of the Palestinian forces in the horrific Battle of Jenin, where 23 IDF soldiers died.

The US is currently the number 1 country in the world in terms of science research and university quality. This will change that. Dramatically

It is almost as if he is signaling to Iran that not only won't he follow their policies, but that they are fair game.

3) Hamas are brutal and disgusting monsters whose existence is a blight on the face of the earth.

Anyone who actually understands what is happening in Gaza understands these three things.

2) This is why most people do not rise up against Hamas. They don't want to get shot. Its Hamas that has the weapons and training. Even the IDF couldn't fully beat them and lost hundreds of soldiers. So stop telling regular people to rise up or free the hostages or whatever.