How the Arab World Deludes Itself into Endless Cycles of Tragedy

Whatever the outcome of the Gaza war in the coming weeks, it has already led to the decimation of Hamas’s military strength, the destruction of the Strip’s cities, economic ruination, and thousands of deaths. Even in a worst-case scenario, it won’t result in the elimination of Israel that—as we now know from captured Hamas files—the terrorists had planned for. One might think, then, that Palestinian leaders could come to believe that such violent onslaughts are simply bad strategy. Unfortunately, Shany Mor argues that it is just as likely that, twenty years from now, little will have changed.