Pundits Push for Regional Escalation in the Wake of Israeli Assassinations

Following Israel’s assassinations of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut—along with a woman and two children (Al Jazeera, 7/30/24)—and of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, corporate media pundits have called for the US and Israel to escalate the region-wide war. A Wall Street Journal editorial (7/28/24), using galaxy-brain logic, said the way to make war less likely [...]