Push for Gaza ceasefire as Israeli public opinion shifts

Issues of demands for an IDF presence in the Philadelphi Corridor and the release of high security Palestinian detainees must be resolved for a ceasefire in Gaza

Protesters gather to demand a Gaza hostages deal in Tel Aviv, Israel, earlier this month; they are demanding that prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu justify the delay in signing the ceasefire deal due to the addition of new conditions. Picture: Amir Levy/Getty Images

“You make peace with your enemies, not your friends,” former Israeli prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, used to say. 

His enigmatic remark still echoes, decades later, as sharp divisions arose in Israel over how to resolve the war in Gaza.