The writer is author of ‘Black Wave’ and distinguished fellow at Columbia University’s Institute of Global Politics
The second stage of Israel’s war against Hamas brings with it more devastation and death for Palestinians in Gaza, immense peril for the remaining Israeli hostages and a moment of renewed danger for the wider Middle East.
Israel has warned the war could take another year. Minister of defence Yoav Gallant spoke of months — to which the US secretary of state Antony Blinken reportedly retorted: “I don’t think you have the credit for that.” Neither does the Biden administration.
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