Commentary
As of this writing, there is no indication of whether Israel will observe the first anniversary of the Hamas assault upon it to respond, as it has promised to do, to the explicit act of war committed by Iran on Oct. 1 when it fired 180 ballistic missiles at Israel. Iran claimed that it was a justified use of force because of Israel’s attacks on Hamas and Hezbollah—terrorist organizations that have been entirely sustained by Iran and have been inflicting casualties upon Israel for many years. They have both avowed that they will never accept the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish state, though it was as a Jewish state that Israel was established by the United Nations in 1948.
