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We Must Welcome International Intervention Into the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Gideon Levy – *Haaretz*

October 12, 2025 

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Summary

Gideon Levy argues that the time has come for decisive international intervention in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, asserting that Israel’s occupation and control of Palestinian life have long ceased to be domestic matters. The recent Gaza ceasefire and hostage release agreement, initiated under U.S. President Donald Trump, may mark the start of a long-overdue internationalization of the conflict. Levy welcomes reports that the U.S. and Arab nations are planning a summit without Israel’s participation to discuss Gaza’s future, calling it a hopeful sign that outside actors may finally curb Israel’s impunity.

Levy maintains that internal Israeli politics are incapable of producing moral change or ending the occupation. Real progress, he insists, can come only through global pressure—governments, public opinion, and possibly even peacekeeping forces on the ground. Internationalization, in his view, represents both a right and a duty of the global community toward a defenseless Palestinian people.

Quotes

“The fate of the Palestinian people is not an Israeli domestic matter, nor is it an Israeli matter at all. The world has not only a right to come to its aid, it has a duty to do so.”

“Only the international arena can still produce genuine change. There, they will find not only a more attentive ear but also an opportunity for action.”

“European and American soldiers protecting shepherds in the West Bank from the violence of the settlers … peace-force soldiers preventing the IDF from kidnapping people from their beds … helping to build a just reality.”