Can Israel Count on America to Have Its Back?

Israeli soldiers carry the flag-covered coffin of Maya Villalobo during her funeral at the military cemetery in Givatayim, Israel, on Oct. 13, 2023. Francisco Seco/AP

Commentary

On the night of Oct. 12, at the 25th-anniversary celebration of Encounter Books, I was chatting with the event’s honoree, Victor Davis Hanson, a man I have known and hugely admired for two decades, when Victor asked me, “How long will it be before Biden puts the brakes on Israel? Ten Days?”