Alert: 

Review of  The International Crisis Group account (Nathan Thrall )  finds it to be propaganda packaged to appear as an historical analysis. {The New York Times  has served as an uncritical carrier  of these materials.} 

Thus, The International Crisis Group can not  accepted as a citation, unless confirmed by  2 additional unbiased sources .

How the West Chose War in Gaza…Gaza and Israel: The Road to War, Paved by the West  By NATHAN THRALL ( Nathan Thrall is a senior analyst at the International Crisis Group covering Gaza, Israel, Jordan and the West Bank.)                     New York Times JULY 17, 2014