Destruction as doctrine. In Israeli military strategy, the deliberate, disproportionate attack on civilian life is a purposeful means of coercing people to turn against Israel’s adversaries. The Dahiya Doctrine - named after the Lebanese town where it was first deployed- is designed to kill innocent people, use collective punishment, is a violation of international law, and furthermore, never achieves its state goal. But sometimes assumed victory, as journalist Philip C. Winslow wrote, is simply to see the other side suffer.

The Abraham Accords are agreements between countries that did not have official diplomatic relationships with the State of Israel to normalize relations in exchange for a range of military and economic incentives provided by the United States. . It is important to recognize that the Abraham Accords are not peace agreements, as none of the signatories were at war with each other, a distinction that is often ignored when the Accords are discussed. Nonetheless, several members of Congress seek to expand the Abraham Accords beyond their original scope by increasing the sweeteners for Arab states.