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The administration of 2.3 million Palestinians now totally hostile to Israel and rebuilding of almost-completely devastated Gaza, peppered with unexploded munitions and mines, are challenges that will consume Israel and allies for years

Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed his planned judicial reforms to next month after the country came to a standstill with protesters calling the overhaul the ‘death of democracy’. But is this enough to pacify angry Israelis?

Though Israel’s past wars on Gaza have often been justified by Tel Aviv as a response to Palestinian rockets or, generally, as acts of self-defense, the truth is different. Historically, Israel’s relationship with Gaza has been defined by its need to create distractions from its own fractious politics, to flex its muscles against its regional enemies and to test its new