Is Israel Alone? With Haviv Rettig Gur
Call Me Back - with Dan Senor
Clearing the Cost-Benefit Calculation
The speaker states that Israel might become isolated, but believes this isolation won't change anything due to the cost-benefit problem. Israelis think the benefit of their current behavior is staying alive and preventing the massacre of their children. Any pressure, like boycotts or sanctions, is seen as terrorism by the speaker. Israelis will only change their behavior if they believe the cost of not changing is higher than the cost of changing. Leaving Hamas in power is perceived by Israelis as leading to more Israeli casualties.
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