Review and Outlook: Hamas’s surprise attack, aided by Iran, is a reminder of Israel’s existential peril—and the growing risk to U.S. allies.
Images: AFP/Getty Images/Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly“Too long have I lived among men who hate peace,” says Psalm 120, recited by Jews around the world for safety in Israel.
“I am for peace; but whenever I speak of it, they are for war.” Israelis know the feeling.
They awoke Saturday to a jihadist invasion that may shatter as many illusions as it has lives.
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