“Crazy, crazy, crazy!” were the words of an Israeli friend on the phone, describing the massive, Hamas attack on Saturday that is still playing out as I write. An attack that was deliberately conducted on the day after the 50th anniversary of the surprise Arab attacks that began the 1973 Yom Kippur War. It was the shocking implausibility — and the personal immediacy — of what had happened, that shook my friend to her core. Many others told me this was worse than 1973, which mostly took place in the Sinai or on the Golan Heights — because this attack happened inside Israel proper, and was mainl...