As Israelis go to the polls tomorrow, observers around the world will be watching the results eagerly. They will largely ask the same question: "How will the next Prime Minister affect the peace process?" While this issue is paramount in the minds of the international community, Israelis, no less than...

Gaza.

For many, the word conjures images of crowded neighborhoods caught in perpetual strife - between Hamas and Fatah, between Hamas and Israel. For the myopic European media, Gaza is another example of Israeli heavy-handedness. Israelis, especially those living in the expanding range of Hamas rockets, see Gaza as...