It Didn't Start on October 7

There is still no solution to the conflict in Israel-Palestine that is not based on respecting everyone’s human rights.

Gaza City today, October 7, 2026. (Photo by Omar al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images)

By Michael Sfard

Michael Sfard is an Israeli human rights lawyer and the author of The Wall and the Gate: Israel, Palestine, and the Legal Battle for Human Rights and Occupation From Within: How Israel’s Oppression of Palestinians Turned Inwards.