A new language is emerging in the rhetoric of Israeli officials. A year after Hamas' assault, the Israeli state is expanding its discourse and raising its ambitions. The focus is no longer on targeted objectives, but on "changing the strategic reality of the Middle East," according to Benjamin Netanyahu. "The shift in the balance of power creates the possibility of forming new alliances," continued the Israeli Prime Minister during a press conference on Tuesday, Sept. 29. Just days earlier, Hezbollah's Secretary General had been killed in an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut. The code name for the operation: "New Order." "Strategic change," "new Middle East" — an old fantasy is reappearing on the regional stage. From the Israeli invasion of 1982 to the 2020 normalizations, Israeli and American leaders have invoked the...