RE: Hunkering Down, etc.

Does he say elsewhere that Israel shouldn't fight back?

I'm not sure what you think "exercise restraint" and "hunker down" mean. His clear intention is that Israel should quietly just accept the incoming rockets and suicide bombers. There is no other way to read it.

To me, it sounds like he's written an article saying there's no peace for Israel in sight.

That may have been one of his points, but his main emphasis was to say that Israel's troubles are their own fault for existing and that they should just smile and nod as the bombs fall. You can't fix this. The guy is an ivory tower idiot.

My opinion: You can't stop people for wanting to fight about one thing or another, and you have to defend yourself. That, and you can't go back and change history. You can only decide what to do next.

Good summary.