Why Egypt Fears an Israeli Victory in Gaza
Cutting the umbilical cord between Cairo and Hamas.
May 17, 2024
Reading Josephus with Jewish Women, and Roman History with George Patton
When the past is the present.
In a scene in the movie Patton, the titular general, coming across the site of an ancient battle between Romans and Carthaginians, tells a fellow officer, “The Carthaginians were proud and brave, but they couldn’t hold. Two thousand years ago. I was here.” While the dialogue is the work of the screenwriters, the real Patton, a sincere believer in reincarnation, made many similar statements. Meir Soloveichik comments on the scene:
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