Israel, Palestine: An eye for an eye.

Also: Iran, Russia, Afghanistan, Luxembourg and Germany.

Samson Slays a Thousand Men, James Tissot, c1896-1902, gouache on board, Jewish Museum, New York.

ISRAEL. PALESTINE. An eye for an eye.

The cycle of vengeance and the failure of strategic foresight.

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 400 in Gaza on Sunday after Hamas militants killed 700 Israelis and abducted dozens more in shock air, sea and land-based in…