“The United States has an interest in calming things down as quickly as possible. That is not Israel’s interest at the moment. Its interest is to reestablish deterrence, and for that it intends to extract a very high price,” CFR expert Martin S. Indyk says during a media briefing on the implications of Hamas’s attack.
“From Hamas and its backers’ perspective, Israel seemed weak and divided given the months of popular demonstrations against the government over its effort to make critical changes to the judiciary,” CFR expert Steven A. Cook writes in this In Brief.
“[Iran] with its backing of Hamas and Hezbollah has been working to coordinate pressure on Israel, threatening further escalation of the shadow war between the two countries,” CFR expert Ray Takeyh writes in this In Brief.
Check out the full suite of Foreign Affairs and CFR.org resources on Israel and the current conflict.
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