The Star and David

The New Yorker’s David Remnick with an illuminating report from Israel. The Price of Netanyahu’s Ambition. “Amid war with Hamas, a hostage crisis, the devastation of Gaza, and Israel’s splintering identity, the Prime Minister seems unable to distinguish between his own interests and his country’s.” (Sadly, the current iteration of Bibi is quite able to distinguish between his own interests and his country’s. And he always picks the same side.)

+ Biden running out of patience with Bibi as Gaza war hits 100 days.

+ More than Bibi, Biden is worried about the war spreading. “The two U.S. Navy SEALs missing in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia were on a mission to board a dhow that led to the seizure of Iranian-made ballistic and cruise missile components headed to Houthi militants in Yemen.” And the US carried out additional strikes against Houthis in Yemen. To complicate matters even more… Pakistan condemns an attack by Iran, and says it killed 2 children and wounded 3 people.