The October 7 attack by Hamas and Israel's subsequent actions in Gaza highlight a tragic cycle of violence, history, and political failures in West Asia.
Tragedy. There is no other word that can describe what happened on October 7, 2023 when Hamas’s terrorists killed 1,200 people in an audacious terror strike in Israel and abducted 250 hostages. There is no other word that can describe what Israel has done in Gaza since then, killing 40,000 and displacing two million Palestinians, in an offensive that cannot but be seen as genocidal in nature.