Once again, the United States finds that “quiet” in the Middle East is usually just the quiet before a new storm.
Israel's flag is projected Sunday onto the front of 10 Downing Street in a show of support in London. , and rising — retains its power to shock. If anything, the sheer criminality of the largest act of terrorism ever against the Jewish state becomes more appalling as new details emerge. The slaughter of young people, reportedly numbering 260, at a dance party. Gunmen firing randomly at civilian vehicles, going house to house, looking for anyone to kill or capture.
Also evident, as the initial shock abates, is the degree to which this audacious attack, enthusiastically praised and possibly orchestrated by the Islamic Republic of Iran, has upended a global political situation already destabilized by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As skirmishing between Israel and Iran’s proxy militia in Lebanon, Hezbollah, shows, the chaos Hamas unleashed will not be easily contained — and was probably meant to be uncontainable. These are perilous moments for the world.
“Dangerous” has accurately described the geopolitical situation since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. After Saturday, it seems too mild a word. Mr. Biden and his foreign policy team had nurtured the belief that they could reset U.S. strategy based on great-power competition with Russia and, above all, China. The Middle East, meanwhile, could be safely de-emphasized, as undemocratic but U.S.
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