America’s election and Israel’s wars reach a crescendo—together

WHEN MIGHT the fighting in the Middle East stop? is in the grip of a trio of wars that are connected yet also partly independent and dangerously unpredictable. Israel will probably attack Iran in the coming days in retaliation for its missile salvo of October 1st. Violence in Gaza continues to flare up despite the , the Hamas mastermind behind the October 7th attacks. And Israel’s war in Lebanon rages on: on October 21st America’s envoy said it had “escalated out of control”.