At the very least, Israel must take some preemptive political and diplomatic steps
Will Israel get back into the preemption game? (Photo: Shutterstock / Wirestock Creators)
Negotiations over a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release were reaching a peak at press time, with tensions higher than usual knowing that the prospect of a regional war with Iran and Hezbollah was contingent on the outcome of the talks.
Israel’s response to Hamas’s barbarous October 7 attacks was initially dubbed “Operation” Swords of Iron, but this was no outpatient visit. It’s lasted almost a year. No matter how, when, or if it ends, Israel’s government has been besieged: by American pressure to accept dictates on how to conduct the war; a scourge of anti-Semitism worldwide; and a flurry of legal efforts to delegitimize Israel and issue arrest warrants for its top elected officials and IDF brass.
The potential for a Harris-Walz administration to take a more combative approach to Israel is real, while new governments in the UK and France have also been wagging fingers.
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