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What Israel Has Lost - Foreign Affairs The massacre of October 7, 2023, was one of the most horrific atrocities perpetrated since World War II. On that day, Hamas-led militants kidnapped Israeli children, raped Israeli women, beheaded Israeli men, and burned alive entire Israeli families in their homes. But beyond this human and moral calamity, the catastrophe that befell Israel on a bleak Sabbath morning reverberates with historic significance. Because it took place in the immediate vicinity of Gaza—the one place in which Israel had dismantled settlements and withdrawn to the 1967 border—this massacre was an attack on the idea of a Jewish state in any part of the land of Israel. Because its very essence was the slaughter of peace-loving kibbutzniks and life-celebrating music festival attendees, it was an assault on the existence of a liberal and cosmopolitan democracy in the Middle East. And because it led to a surge of anti-Semitism the likes of which had not been seen since 1945, it was a blatant act of aggression against the Jewish people as a whole.
But if Israel had wanted to frame its war against Hamas in those terms, its government should have contended with an albatross: the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. Israel should have avowed that it was waging war against Hamas and the other terrorist proxies of Iran—and not against the Palestinian people. It should have reached an understanding with the United States and NATO concerning the essence of the war and how it would be waged. It should have declared that its objective was not only security for Israel but freedom for the people of Gaza, who deserve to be liberated from the tyranny of Hamas. Israel should have committed itself to a diplomatic process aimed at producing a just and realistic resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It should have sought to bolster ties with the moderate Arab world by signing a peace agreement with Saudi Arabia. It should have captured the moral high ground before launching a fierce military campaign.
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