JERUSALEM — As another round of warfare between Israel and Hamas may be ending, Israelis can feel as stuck, in different ways, as the Palestinians themselves. Because of course this is really just another round in the unresolved Arab-Israeli war of 1948-49.

A permanent peace treaty seems far away, with the main actors — Israel, the Palestinians and the United States — all seemingly blocked by their internal politics from necessary compromises on borders and on deeply held religious beliefs.

Israel wants to disarm Hamas to end the attacks and indiscriminate rockets that now reach most of Israel. But how, without a permanent peace?

Israel could reoccupy Gaza, but at greater cost of life to Gazans and Israelis, and no senior Israeli commander wants to do it. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his core allies, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, don’t want to, either.