No One Can Find a Way to End Israel-Hamas War

US President Joe Biden is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18.

Photographer: Evan Vucci/AP Photo

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As the Israel-Hamas war intensifies amid growing anger across the Middle East, the region looks like it’s spiraling downwards in a familiar pattern.