Sudden war in Israel, Palestinian territory upends region's diplomacy, political calculations
WASHINGTON — The Palestinian militant attack on Israel on Saturday — possibly the deadliest and largest ever — will dramatically alter diplomatic and political calculations in the Middle East and deprive Washington of any leverage it has in influencing Israel, diplomats and analysts say.
It is all but certain that Israel will respond with a full frontal assault on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and possibly parts of the West Bank, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already called an all-out war. A ground
