Michael Oren: October 7 and the Cost of Defending Israel

By The Free Press | Created at 2026-10-06 10:02:32 | Updated at 2026-10-06 10:57:19 1 hour ago

Michael Oren: October 7 and the Cost of Defending Israel

The former Israeli ambassador on Israel’s deepening domestic divide, and why no Israeli government will bring the troops home from Gaza, Lebanon, or Syria.

Three years after October 7, the deadliest terror attack in Israeli history looms large over the Jewish state’s upcoming election. Former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren says whomever takes the helm next is unlikely to “remove a single soldier from Lebanon, from Gaza, from Syria.” Today, Oren joins School of War to discuss Israel’s “80 perce…

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