Today, it’s Labor Day in America, so old guys think back to their first year in college in 1955 and the movie Picnic and its chart-topping musical theme:

On a less nostalgic note we have three essays on Israel. All three are speculating on what comes next.

The first, which appeared in a July Atlantic newsletter, is a thoughtful, mildly optimistic view by a former senior U.S. NSC official.

The second, published a few days ago in Haaretz by a respected columnist, is as pessimistic as one can get.

The third, sent as a Substack of a former Speaker of the Knesset, is the most radical of all. While it, probably, has zero chances of implementation, in a world that still respected international law it would, undoubtedly, be worthy of consideration by the international community.

An International Receivership for the Occupied Territories. NOW!

The only remaining course is to strip Israel of its authority over the occupied territories, and to do so now.