The final failure of Israel’s land-for-peace experiment was on full display over the weekend.

"Yaniv Zohar was a talented man. He loved his country; he served in the Nachal Brigade. He loved Nahal Oz, he loved the environment. When he worked at the AP news agency he showed the whole world all the escalations that happened here through the lens of his camera until he went to work at Israel Hayom," colleague says. Yaniv's son was saved because he went out for a morning run.

Leadership is being there when the going gets tough, when everything is black, being part of the people. Just to be there. To be.

The actions of Hamas are, in essence, a thinly veiled smokescreen aimed at diverting attention from a more extensive series of impending operations.

There was a time when Israel’s policy was to eradicate threats to its security. During the War of Independence and the Six-Day War, Israel didn’t build fences hoping that it wouldn’t get attacked. Instead, the IDF went to where the threats were and destroyed them.