How Frank Lowy’s Tel Aviv think tank says the Gaza war can end

Once Israel ends the war, an Arab-Egyptian reconstruction plan would have to be modified to ensure Hamas cannot regroup and take over again.

Frank Lowy aged 17 in Israeli army uniform in 1948.

Michael StutchburyEditor-at-large

Jun 13, 2025 – 1.35pm

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Frank Lowy is one of the dwindling number of living veterans of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that threatened the new Jewish state just as it was being endorsed by the United Nations.

Three-quarters of a century ago, the Holocaust survivor’s teenage military service included a stint in Gaza.

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Michael StutchburyEditor-at-largeMichael Stutchbury is editor-at-large. He is in his fourth decade of writing for and editing national newspapers. After nearly six years as editor of The Australian, he returned to the Financial Review as editor-in-chief (2011-2024).