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    How Israel Lost the Culture War

    Jul 20, 2021 4 minutes
    By Alia Brahimi

    MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

    After accepting an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire, which took effect on May 21, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed an “achievement no military has ever achieved” in Israel’s 11-day bombing campaign in Gaza. At the same time, Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that had indiscriminately fired more than 4,300 missiles into Israel, reflexively expressed the “euphoria of victory.”

    Whatever the military outcome, it seems increasingly likely that the final reckoning of this latest round of conflict will be decided far away from the battlefield. Netanyahu may have picked the wrong time to doggedly pursue airstrikes against one of the most densely populated areas on Earth, where

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