The Middle East crisis, therefore, is at its root a European problem exported abroad. While Europe has tried to project itself as the epitome of secularism and human rights post-World War II—justifying its moral interventionism in other countries’ affairs—the current crisis is an occasion to remind ourselves that the continent has been at war forever. A Hundred Years’ War here and the Crusades there. A Seven’ War here and a Holocaust there. In fact, the two ‘World’ wars of the 20th century could be termed ‘European’ wars instead. At the core of the Gaza crisis lies an age-old conflict among...