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Why Hamas Attacked—and Why Israel Was Taken by Surprise

On the morning of Saturday, October 7, the Palestinian group Hamas carried out a surprise attack on Israel on an unprecedented scale: firing thousands of rockets, infiltrating militants into Israeli territory, and taking an unknown number of hostages. At least 100 Israelis have died, and at least 1,400 have been …

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What Russia Really Wants

How Moscow’s Desire for Autonomy Could Give America an Edge Over China As the war in Ukraine rages, it is difficult to imagine a constructive relationship between Russia and the West. The prospect is made unlikelier still by the Kremlin’s relentless anti-Western vitriol. Yet even if Russia’s strategic designs are …

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Spotlight on Iran

With contacts aimed at promoting possible normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia inthe background, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisiattacked Israel and warned against the normalization process. The Supreme Leader of Iranonce again referred to Israel as a “cancer” and declared that normalizing relations with it …

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