This guidebook seeks to help Jews and non-Jews, in Israel and worldwide, understand the events that have unfolded since October 7, 2023 in historical and ideological context. These are difficult times and this is no Six Day War. Months after absorbing the bloodiest terrorist attack in its history, Israel remains stuck on many fronts. On Day 86, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared: “We are being attacked from seven different arenas: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, the Palestinian territories, Iraq, Yemen, and Iran.” Israel has invaded Gaza, defended itself against two unprecedented Iranian attacks, absorbed more than 27,000 Hezbollah, Houthi, and Iranian rocket launches, and seen tens of thousands of its citizens displaced, north and south. Parts of Gaza and Lebanon lie in ruins, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced and thousands killed.

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Also of interest, To Resist the Academic Intifada: Letters to My Students on Defending The Zionist Dream – by Gil Troy