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The Israeli-Hamas War Has Two Paths Forward
The latest Israeli-Hamas war makes abundantly clear that there can be no lasting peace in the Middle East without a regional solution to the long-running conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
There are two paths forward. One favors deepening the conflict in pursuit of a fantasy of completely wiping Israel off the map. This path is preferred by Iran. Hamas, which unleashed unprecedented carnage against innocent civilians inside Israel this weekend, has publicly declared that the attacks were backed by Iran. Israel’s likely brutal retaliation inside Gaza will play into Iran’s hands by deepening existing enmities.
The full text of this publication is available via the original publication source.
For Academic Citation: Alyahya, Mohammed.“The Israeli-Hamas War Has Two Paths Forward.” The Washington Post, October 9, 2023.
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The latest Israeli-Hamas war makes abundantly clear that there can be no lasting peace in the Middle East without a regional solution to the long-running conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
There are two paths forward. One favors deepening the conflict in pursuit of a fantasy of completely wiping Israel off the map. This path is preferred by Iran. Hamas, which unleashed unprecedented carnage against innocent civilians inside Israel this weekend, has publicly declared that the attacks were backed by Iran. Israel’s likely brutal retaliation inside Gaza will play into Iran’s hands by deepening existing enmities.
The full text of this publication is available via the original publication source.
For Academic Citation: Alyahya, Mohammed.“The Israeli-Hamas War Has Two Paths Forward.” The Washington Post, October 9, 2023.
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Daniel Sobelman writes that “Hamas’ brutal attack didn’t come from a vacuum,” but resulted from a long “axis-of-resistance” strategy. Regional repercussions will be formative, he says.
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In Foreign Affairs, Graham Allison and Henry A. Kissinger write that Biden, Xi, and other world leaders must act now to face challenges posed by AI just as their predecessors did 78 years ago confronting challenges of the nuclear age.
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