If October 7 survives chiefly as the beginning of what came afterward, something has been lost.

Different faces, different ailments. Yet by the fourth pharmacy, the names had stopped sounding like unrelated prescriptions. Heard together, they suggested a kind of national medical record.

Hamas is far from gone from Gaza, little progress has been made on 19 out of Trump's 20 points in his plan and not all of the hostages' remains have been returned. Is Hamas winning?

We cannot be so hard-hearted to deny Palestinian suffering, exacerbated by Israeli operational failures, but we cannot let Hamas destroy us.

Only when Palestinians are prepared to see a future state as their home — rather than a launching point for renewed struggle — will peace be possible.

Nearly two years after Oct. 7, the government still cannot articulate how this war will be brought to a close.

Why then does Netanyahu choose to turn his back on the will of the majority, thereby eroding public trust in him and his government?

Americans must understand that, sometimes, especially when facing maniacal Jihadi dictators, a little bit of short-term war is the best way to get a whole lot of long-term peace.