Rewind and Reconnoiter: Why a Gaza Ceasefire is So Difficult with Jacob Stoil

During the 2014 Gaza War between Israel and Hamas, Jacob Stoil wrote “Why a Gaza Ceasefire is So Difficult” for War on the Rocks, in which he sought to answer one question that was as pressing then as it is now: “Why is a ceasefire [between Israel and Hamas] proving so difficult to attain?” A decade later, as talks on a ceasefire in the current conflict appear deadlocked, we asked him to look back on his article. Read more below. Photo credit: Israel Defense Forces In your article, you explore the difficulties of reaching a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in their