By defying the Biden administration to secure Israeli victory, Israel showed the American people that the “plucky little Israel” they had long admired was back in business.
In a special cabinet meeting marking the first year since the Palestinian invasion on Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a draft decision to his ministers to rename the war, which until then had been dubbed “The Iron Swords War” by the Israel Defense Forces, the War of Tkuma. Tkuma is one of those Hebrew words that taps the ancient chords of Jewish memory. Its literal translation in English is “rebirth” or “resurrection.”
Netanyahu’s draft decision passed unanimously.
Why did he pick that name? Why resurrection? What had we died from?