In comments to Israel Hayom, the Republican lawmaker also said that "the goal right now is one: to destroy Hamas," but warned that "if there is a serious attack by Hezbollah on Israel, my recommendation would be to go to the source, and the source is Iran. They have American blood on their hands."
Reticence to condemn Hamas amounts to collusion against Israel. Hesitancy to express explicit support for Israel at this time, which also will mean unequivocally backing Israel in the many months ahead of tough fighting to crush Hamas, is tantamount to siding with the enemy.
In his policy address on Thursday pre-dawn (Israel time), President Biden sketched a new global map composed of a team of good guys – Israel, Ukraine, and the other democracies – on one side and a bad team – Russia, Iran, Hamas, and North Korea – on the other (surprisingly, China was left off the list).
It is probably safe to assume that the coordination between Qatar and Hamas, which led to the release of the two hostages, was intended to grant the terrorist organization several advantages: firstly, to delay and postpone as far as possible the IDF ground maneuver into the Gaza Strip.
“It is incredibly moving to welcome this week’s olim, who despite extremely tragic and unsecure circumstances, are continuing to fulfill their Zionist dreams of moving to Israel,” Chairman of Nefesh B’Nefesh Tony Gelbart says.
