Day 1,727: redoubt, delude

Mr Netanyahu talks of invading Rafah, Hamas’s last redoubt, while the hard right fantasises about resettling Gaza. Many mainstream Israelis are deluding themselves, too.

At a moment of military might, Israel looks deeply vulnerable

Artwork of the day 
Schwaben Redoubt
William Orpen
Date: 1917
Style: Post-Impressionism
Genre: landscape

Word of the day 
redoubt: something that holds or defends a belief or a way of life, especially one that is disappearingor threatened:
delude: to make someone believe something that is not true:

Quote of the day
“...a redoubtable alchemy was at work behind impenetrable veils as the forest prepared its nocturnal mysteries.”

― Julien Gracq