By Martin Schram
It happens occasionally, but only rarely.
All the good options suddenly seem to have failed at once.
The only thing left is to just spread your cards across the table – and play this hand face-up.
The truth is, this happens far more at a negotiation table than a card table.
Another truth is it has just happened to Israel – and Israel’s forever kibitzer and guarantor, the United States – in yet another cruel crisis in Gaza.
Israel and its staunchest ally must now show their most convincing visible proof to support their assertions that the devastation Israel inflicted on al-Shifa Hospital patients was justified because Hamas used Gaza’s largest hospital as an underground military command center.