Excellent analysis!

Shortly after October 7, Medium contributor Sam Young used logic to give the reasons for the October 7 attack:

https://amtoyumtimmy.medium.com/why-would-they-do-this-7c604f03ba1c

His reasoning seems to be getting stronger as time passes.

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Another angle to this situation is the discreditably of the current Israel political leadership. Had this leadership been of a more stalwart nature (before October 7), the PR would be much different today.