Matti Friedman: What If the Real War in Israel Hasn’t Even Started?
Israeli artillery soldiers fire a mobile howitzer in the north of Israel, near the border with Lebanon. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Take the current war with Hamas and multiply it by ten. That’s what war with Hezbollah would look like. And Israelis are not asking if it will begin, but when.
SHLOMI, Israel — The undercurrents of Israeli life at this moment are darker than I’ve ever seen them: the daily photos of smiling young people, taken at some happy moment before their deaths in combat; glimpses of Israeli girls buried alive in Palestinian tunnels, a short drive from our border and utterly out of reach; a geriatric Israeli leadership un…
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