Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: October 7: The Wars Over Words and Deeds 1
4. Part 1: The Violence and the Myths
5. 1. The IDF: Handling Strategic and Operational Criticism in G 9
6. 2. Tragedy and Responsibility: The Debate over Casualties in Gaza 29
7. 3. Antisemitism Is about Semites like Dolichocephaly Is about Language 56
8. 4. What Hamas Really Wants: The Ideology of the Islamic Resistance Movement 77
9. Part 2: The Global Delusions
10. 5. Does Terrorism Succeed? New Lessons from Hamas, the Global Intifada, and Antisemitism in America 109
11. 6. Deterrence after October 7 126
12. 7. US-Israel Relations in the Wake of October 7 146
13. 8. See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil: The Erasure of Hamas in UN Human Rights Narratives, and the Implications after October 7 168
14. Part 3: The Campus and the Land of Make-Believe
15. 9. Higher Education Responds to October 7 199
16. 10. The Political Economy of Antisemitism and Israel Hatred in Twenty-First-Century America 222
17. 11. Fruit of the Land 245
18. 12. Locating Sexual Violence: October 7 and Its Aftermath, Historically Conceptualized 265
19. 13. From the Cold War to University Campuses Today: The USSR, the Third World, and Contemporary Antizionist Discourse 277
20. Part 4: The Social Contract and the Elected Government
21. 14. Consensus and Polarization in the Israeli Party System in the Aftermath of October 7 301
22. Conclusion: October 7—The Wars over Words and Deeds—Taking Stock 322