Almost every war Israel has fought began with IDF victories followed by the U.S. stepping in to call it off and save Israel’s enemies from total defeat. There is reason to believe that the current war has finally reached this moment, following President Biden’s phone call on Thursday with Prime Minister Netanyahu, in which he called for an “immediate ceasefire.” Matthew Continetti comments:
Biden went on to say that “U.S. policy with respect to Gaza will be determined by our assessment of Israel’s immediate action” and on steps to “address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering, and the safety of aid workers.”
This is a demand that Israel appease Hamas at the negotiating table. This is a threat to condition military assistance to Israel based on absolutely no evidence and grounded in a ridiculous and unachievable standard of conduct. The move is cynical, opportunistic, and counterproductive. Biden has lost the plot.
For six months, huge swaths of the press have painted Israel in the worst possible light. . . . Which is why a sense of moral clarity in this conflict is so important. Hamas is evil. Hamas could end the war it started by surrendering its cadres and releasing its prisoners. Hamas refuses. Hamas would rather sacrifice the civilian population of Gaza on the altar of its genocidal ambition and suicidal desires. Hamas brutalizes children, abuses captives, steals food, fires its rockets indiscriminately, wears no uniforms, and hides behind schools, hospitals, and mosques. Hamas does not just commit war crimes. It is a war crime.
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