The recent recognitions of a Palestinian state and the October 10 ceasefire have been followed by a flurry of calls to “deradicalize” Palestinian society. The New York Times editorial board went so far as to compare this deradicalization project to the denazification of Germany after the Second World War. These calls have the situation backwards to the point of farce.
You might be surprised that back until around the end of the 80’s, a Palestinian from Gaza could just drive to Tel Aviv to have a coffee with his jewish Israeli friends.