Rising domestic pressures and a desire to boost its anti-Israel credentials pushed Hamas to attack and most likely drove its decision to invoke terror.
Tag: Terrorism
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How the Left Is Reacting to the Hamas Atrocities
Readers respond to columns by Bret Stephens and Thomas L. Friedman. Also: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s candidacy; gender inequality; Donald Trump’s harangues.
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What We Know About the Americans Missing or Killed in Israel
Soldiers serving in the Israeli Army, idealists living in rural villages and a mother and daughter from the Chicago area were among the dead or unaccounted for, with some possibly being held hostage.
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Israel’s Plan to Destroy Hamas
The country’s leaders long believed they could coexist with Hamas. The weekend’s attacks have changed that.
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How Israel’s 9/11 Tests American Grand Strategy
The crisis in the Holy Land must be analyzed in terms of great power politics and the pressure we face from broadly aligned rivals.