Wars unite nations. The shock and horror of the Hamas attacks on Israel have brought a deeply divided country together. It is possible that Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, may now form a national unity government.Israeli unity will last a while because this crisis is very far from over. The fate of the hostages inside Gaza, including children and old people, will continue to torment Israel. The government also faces the risk of new fronts opening in the occupied West Bank or on the border with Lebanon. But, fairly soon, Israel will be plunged into a divisive political argument about what went wrong. Two failures will have to be addressed. The first is an intelligence and security failure. The second is strategic.
战争使国家团结。哈马斯(Hamas)袭击以色列引起的震惊和恐惧使一个严重分裂的国家团结了起来。以色列总理本雅明•内塔尼亚胡(Benjamin Netanyahu)现在有可能组建起一个民族团结的政府。