Adam Bouton: Bloodshed, and then what? A chance to properly address the Palestinian question

War has political consequences. When the extreme violence finally ends, there should be a search for a settlement to allow the survivors to live in peace. Thousands have been killed on both sides already in the terror attack on Israel, and Israel’s counterattacks on Gaza. Hundreds had been dying before that year-on-year in the comparatively low-level exchanges between the two sides. Right now the world is holding its breath waiting to see how ferocious the response by the Israel Defence Forces are going to be. Can the conflict be contained? Or will other fronts be opened up by Hezbollah, the…