Few people are talking about this yet but the political stakes of what happened yesterday, in the current context is enormous. Netanyahu directly defied Biden and bombed Rafah. This was supposed to be an absolute red line for Biden. Almost all the casualties seem to be children. This strikes me as a probe by Netanyahu to see how Biden will respond. Even only with words he will increase his assault. After watching Columbia and the way students on other campuses are watching, I would predict (and this isn’t any type of genius) that if there is a Rafah campaign over the summer, many college campuses with explode in the Fall. The unrest might be greater than 1968. There will be major demonstrations at the convention. One large part of Biden’s coalition (younger voters) will be boiling over. The newspapers will talk about unprecedented unrest. Cowardly university administrations will close down campuses and throw students on the street (like they are doing at Columbia). This will escalate very quickly.
This has all been planned by Netanyahu of course. Biden must do something dramatic to stop him or this corrupt, cruel, vicious man will destroy our democracy.