Exactly two years ago, on October 7, over three thousand Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives surged across Israeli territories in an orgy of murder, rape and hostage taking. When the smoke had settled that evening, over 1200 Israeli civilians were killed, several thousand wounded and 251 taken hostages. It was the single largest loss of Jewish lives since the Holocaust. An ongoing Israeli military response has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians and Hamas fighters.
That morning, as I watched the images from Gaza trickle and gush into my social media feed, I realised this was a turning point for the Middle East in a way 9/11 had been for the US. I made eight predictions that day on a YouTube channel discussion, while Hamas was still attacking Israeli civilians:
1. This was