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‘Let Us Not Hurry to Our Doom’

15 November 2023

Associate Professor of Jewish-Muslim Relations Seth Anziska on how the first Lebanon War helped lay the groundwork for Israel’s escalations of violence in Gaza for the New York Review of Books

Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images  Residents of West Beirut crossing a street demolished by Israeli shelling, Lebanon, July 24, 1982
Photo: Residents of West Beirut crossing a street demolished by Israeli shelling, Lebanon, July 24, 1982
Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images

‘Let Us Not Hurry to Our Doom’

The first Lebanon War helped lay the groundwork for Israel’s escalations of violence in Gaza. Who will heed its warnings?

By Mohamed S. Farsi-Lindenbaum Associate Professor of Jewish-Muslim Relations Seth Anziska