There is a Hebrew saying “Mi neged mi.” Literally “who’s against who.” In English, we might say we need a scorecard to tell all the players apart.

Let’s start with the West Bank, where settlers and Israeli border patrol units are clashing over an illegal settlement that has been ordered removed. The settlers are also clashing with Palestinian citizens of the West Bank, terrorizing them and stealing their land. In this, the army is often neutral, MIA, or else abets their efforts with overnight “operations” to arrest suspected Palestinian terrorists or members of proscribed organizations, taking down neighborhoods as they go.

Mi neged mi? Who’s against who in the West Bank? Is it just a big free-for-all? Is taking apart the settlement for show, or is it a too-little-too-late warning to Jewish terrorists?

The IDF’s major general, Eyal Zamir, hand-picked by Bibi Netanyahu, is clashing with Bibi and his government coalition in a very public way. When Bibi came up with a somewhat cockamamie scheme to somehow create a Hamas-free “humanitarian zone” in the middle of Gaza, Zamir called him out on the bluff. Zamir’s alternative solution is purely militaristic – occupy all of Gaza until they agree to every one of our terms. Bibi shushes Zamir, but does not........

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