Walter Russell Mead discusses Israel’s wartime unity government, the specter of a second front in southern Lebanon, why American universities are “honoring the martyrs of Hamas,” and whether President Joe Biden has already determined to accept Israeli and American defeat on his podcast, What Really Matters.
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A view of Mile Handmade Wool Carpet Factory on May 28, 2024, in the Uyghur Autonomous Regio, China. (Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images)