Phyllis Bennis is an author whose books include Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer.
Israeli PM hopes bombing Gaza will strengthen his January re-election bid.
by Phyllis Bennis
As is always the case, history is shaped by when you start the clock. In the last several days US media accounts have reported increasing violence on the Gaza-Israel border, most of them beginning with a Palestinian attack on Israeli soldiers on Thursday, November 8.
But what happened before that Palestinian attack?