Commentary
The entire world is still in shock at the sickening barbarism in the Negev desert in southern Israel, with murderous scenes that seem straight from the worst of ancient-world brutality inflicted on a mass scale without pity. The terror in the desert set in motion a trajectory of escalation that has already led to more suffering and death of innocents, drawing in more nations, tearing apart some alliances and reinforcing some new ones and squandering material resources in times of great need.
