Oct. 7 changed the Middle East forever

Published December 13, 2024 8:00am ET



The Obama Doctrine is as dead as Yahya Sinwar. And the world is better off in both cases.

While the massacre of Oct. 7, 2023, was one of the most traumatic events in modern Jewish history, it’s obvious now that it was a massive, perhaps existential, blunder by the Islamic State and a stunning defeat for its allies both in the Middle East and Washington.

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