This opinion from Ehud Barak is enligtening. Because of this interview I have a better grasp of the situation as it stands. So thank you. I can't escape the thought that the first step to any progress is to neutralize both Netanyahu and Hamas so that they no longer matter. But how to do that? It's a horrible mess. Hearts and minds have been hardened making any peaceful solution doubly hard. Netanyahu's plan, as understood by Barak, has failed miserably. I find it impossible to believe Netanyahu didn't play a role in Trump's ditching of the Iran Nuclear Accord which was yet another step in the wrong direction.