(New York Times) Patrick Kingsley - Israelis are coming to terms with what the Hamas-led terrorist attack on Oct. 7 means for the Israeli state and Israeli society. The Oct. 7 assault and its aftershocks are expected to reshape Israel for years to come. When Israel was founded in 1948, the defining goal was to provide a sanctuary for Jews, after 2,000 years of statelessness and persecution. On Oct. 7, the state proved unable to prevent the worst day of violence against Jews since the Holocaust. For now, the assault has also unified Israeli society to a degree that felt inconceivable on Oct. 6. In an instant, Israelis of all stripes found common cause in what they saw as an existential fight for Israel's future. Since then, they have been collectively stung by international criticism of Israel's retaliation in Gaza.
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