The October 7, 2023 Hamas assault on Israel shocked the world with its brutality. While many condemned the attack, others rapidly rushed to blame Israel, framing the Jewish state as an oppressor through the lens of Marxist ideology and critical race theory. In The Battle for the Jewish State, Victoria Coates examines how Hamas’s atrocities, Iran’s role, and America’s cultural drift have imperiled Israel and the U.S. Is this conflict truly about land, or is it part of a broader civilizational struggle? What is at stake for both Israel and the United States if this battle is lost?Victoria Coates is Vice President of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation. A former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Trump, she oversaw U.S. policy on the Middle East, including the Maximum Pressure Campaign on Iran and early negotiations for the Abraham Accords. She holds a B.A. from Trinity College, an M.A. from Williams College, and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, all in art history.