This is CBS Eye on the World.

Here's John Batchelor.

I welcome my colleague Peter Berkowitz of the Hoover Institution, writing his column most recently for Real Clear politics,

about errors made over the recent conflict between

the state of Israel and the jihadists, sometimes represented by Hamas, sometimes by Hezbollah,

sometimes by the Houthis, often by the Iranians. However, we begin, first of all, framing the

story.

Peter, a very good evening to you.

October of 23, my memory is that you were in Israel for those days prior to and immediately after the attack on the settlers in the southern Israel and the Ngev, and that it was clear from

remarks that I learned from you and from my colleague Malcolm Honline, who visited the site

the next day, that there had been an outrage against the Israeli people and Jewish people in general

committed purposefully by the Hamas organization

out of Gaza.

Is that fact been lost, Peter?

Because your essay suggests that it has when we come to discussing the war continuing.

Good evening, too.

Good evening, John.

Yes, on October 7,

2023, Hamas committed a long-prepared massacre against Israelis.

The jihadists invaded the south of the country.

They killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians,

hundreds of young people at a music concert,

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