Walter Russell Mead discusses Israel’s wartime unity government, the specter of a second front in southern Lebanon, why American universities are “honoring the martyrs of Hamas,” and whether President Joe Biden has already determined to accept Israeli and American defeat on his podcast, What Really Matters.
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Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)