Issue 2243

The Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on October 7 and the Israeli response have upended regional politics in the Middle East, U.S. foreign policy, and even the race for the White House. The brutality of Hamas violence shocked the world, while the scope of the Israeli campaign in Gaza continues to have political reverberations, in international politics and in Washington, let alone in the demonstrations on campuses of American universities. Calls for establishing a Palestinian state abound, although with little attention given to the character such a state may have. The contributors to this Caravan ponder the confusion and chaos.