Another good Guardian read with some interesting takes on the present and future:

I was in Israel when Hamas attacked – now we must reflect on the senselessness of killing and being killed

(Daphna Baram)

[Daphna Baram is a Jerusalem-born former human rights lawyer, journalist and standup comedian, and a PhD researcher at Lancaster University. Her book Disenchantment: the Guardian and Israel was published in 2004 (Guardian Books)]