A Catastrophic Success for Hamas?
Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attacks, which killed over 1,000 Israelis, provoked outrage around the world. Politicians from Washington to New Delhi condemned Hamas and offered condolences to the Israeli people. Leading politicians traveled to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The devastatingly high number of fatalities, relative to the size of Israel’s population, prompted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to describe the attack as “the equivalent of ten September 11s”.
Blinken is not the only official to invoke September 11 when discussing Hamas’s strikes. Across the world, officials and analysts—both those who support and those who oppose Israel—have drawn comparisons between the two operations.… Seguir leyendo »