Elliott Abrams on What Was Different about His Third Visit to Israel Since October 7
Israelis love their country and will sacrifice for it.
July 8, 2024
Israelis love their country and will sacrifice for it.
Having recently returned from his third visit to Israel since October 7, Elliott Abrams reflects on the somber mood in the country, in part the result of rapidly diminishing faith in the government’s handling of the war. Abrams considers the roots of this dissatisfaction, and wonders if such problems as the lack of a plan for postwar Gaza could really have been dealt with any better:
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