In the New York Times Thomas L. Friedman claims
that Israel should withdraw from Gaza and take
"the Moral High Ground".

It´s a bit too late for that - in fact a far too late.
Israel has lost the possibility to retreat on to a moral
high ground decades ago. Too many atrocities, too many
murdered civilians, displaced people, destroyed land.
There´s no moral high ground left on which to retreat.

On the other hand, retreating from Gaza, West Bank
and Golan heights completely would bring peace. But
peace has never been that important for Israel´s
governments. If it would have been, there wouldn´t be
have been this much blood shed. But Israeli politicians
care more about landgrabs than human lives.