How Israel Balances Its Two-Front War
And its goals for the north.
March 18, 2026
One day, everyone will leave this book at the bottom of the closet.
Published last year, Omar El Akkad’s memoir of the Gaza war, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been against This, has won a National Book Award and remains Amazon’s leading title in “Middle Eastern Politics.” Irina Velitskaya carefully eviscerates it:
And its goals for the north.
One day, everyone will leave this book at the bottom of the closet.
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And what it means for America’s Jews.
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Subscribe NowPublished last year, Omar El Akkad’s memoir of the Gaza war, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been against This, has won a National Book Award and remains Amazon’s leading title in “Middle Eastern Politics.” Irina Velitskaya carefully eviscerates it: