Israeli author Ari Shavit says that Israel has been able to gain international immunity for using force against Palestinians on several occasions, from the 1930s pre-state days to 2009, because it was seen as sincerely pursuing peace. The failed Camp David peace process “was a savior for war,” Shavit says. And Israel’s current government risks losing this shield because it has abandoned “the moral high ground” by abandoning the peace process.