A key insight or dreconceptualization
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You see a Key Concept, one of the most important principles according to which the world in general and the world of people operate.

These concepts are referenced throughout the Patterns series, including the Patterns for Victory series and Us or Them!. A concise summary and two or three key examples are provided at the beginning of each volume. See other key reconceptualizations.

A key concept in a book Us or Them 2: Israel in the Middle East

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Escalatory domination

The Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, was an inspired operation in a way that was difficult to discern. It was deliberately designed to provoke an appropriate Israeli response. Under the doctrine of so-called escalatory dominance, such a response has always been ruthless. Hamas triggered the decision to eliminate the Gaza Strip. This led to another, this time global intifada, a Palestinian uprising – completely negating the viability of the so-called two-state solution.

The diabolical cunning of this plan lies in the fact that it involves a phenomenally effective narrative attack, prepared for years. Despite 1,400 Israeli casualties, the Palestinians were positioned in a position of moral superiority, and Israel in the position of a criminal state carrying out a genocide against Palestinians in the Strip. The deaths of civilians, including children, are a calculated sacrifice resulting from the threefold logic of the entire conflict. These people either refuse to leave their homes or cannot. Most likely, they are also being forced to stay by Hamas.

The inevitable next act of this drama is the pressure on our allies, meaning us – Europe (the collective West) – and all those who would support Israel, including an oil embargo. An embargo as severe as the 1973 one against the United States.

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