For the first time in decades, Israel is united not around a leader, not around a party, not around a reform — but around war.

Not war as spectacle. Not war as rhetoric.War as necessity.

From Likud to Yesh Atid. From Religious Zionism to Blue and White. From the Kaplan Street protesters to Netanyahu’s most loyal supporters — the same message now echoes across Israeli society:

October 7 ended the era of illusions.

The Death of Containment

For years, Israel lived by a doctrine of containment.Contain Hamas. Contain Hezbollah. Contain Iran.Absorb a round of rockets. Strike back. Restore “quiet.” Repeat.

We told ourselves that restraint was wisdom. That deterrence could be managed. That our enemies could be calibrated like thermostats — turned down when they overheated.

October 7 shattered that fantasy.

The massacre was not just an intelligence failure. It was the collapse of a worldview — the belief that radical enemies can be managed indefinitely without fundamentally dismantling their capabilities and ambitions.

Since then, something profound has........

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