War

 NY Times: This Israeli-Hamas War Has Smashed Comforting Assumptions - Some paradigms taken for granted about Israel and the Palestinians, both in Gaza and the West Bank, have been broken. So has the idea that Washington can ignore the Middle East. Steven Erlanger By Steven Erlanger Reporting from Jerusalem

Here are four (I posted two) paradigms now in shatters:

Hamas could be contained and the conflict managed.

Israel is invincible and maintains military superiority.