Le Grand Aveuglement

How did Israeli intelligence and the political establishment interpret the shifts in the regional landscape? What price has the region paid for failed gambles on a "balance of power"? Drawing on his experience as an investigative journalist with deep expertise in the region, Charles Enderlin offers a bold and unsettling dissection of the greatest strategic paradox of the modern era. While the Jewish state believes it is fighting a conventional, existential war, the author reveals how its leaders—blinded by narrow tactical calculations—failed to notice the rise of an adversary of an entirely different nature: radical Islam. Through meticulous investigative research and exclusive documentation, Enderlin argues that Israel’s obsession with immediate security and its internal conflicts left it unable to perceive subtle shifts in its surroundings—a transformation in which adversaries evolved from conventional armies into a revolutionary ideology that recognizes neither geographical borders nor traditional rules of engagement. The author paints a striking picture of how "victory" has turned into a trap, security into an illusion, and control into strategic disorientation. This is an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the tragic predicament in which Israel finds itself, as it grapples with its own illusions within the conflict-ridden Middle East.