This War Isn’t Like Israel’s Earlier Wars

Michael Oren: “War, in Israel, is a recurrent reality. One used to break out every six years or so, but in recent years the distance between conflicts has dwindled. Between 2006 and today, Israel fought four wars with Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza, and a fifth, in Lebanon, with Hezbollah. None, however, could compare to the scope, the destructiveness, and the agony of the Yom Kippur War. That is, until now.”