I had the privilege to work with Biden for a long time, I know him as a person and a leader who has Israel “in his heart” and I have heard him on more than one occasion describe himself as a Zionist. But I too was surprised by his speech, which could just as easily have been delivered by an Israeli prime minister.
Israeli authorities believe that the terrorists, who killed many residents of the kibbutz, had planned to raise the flag but were eliminated by Israeli counterterrorism forces before they could carry out their plan.
Hamas is ISIS. Had the terrorists been able to, they would have executed all the remaining millions of Israelis as well. This was an act of genocide, and the response should be total destruction of Hamas, the killing of all the terrorists and those who helped and supported them, and the destruction of all the military capabilities they have.
The final failure of Israel’s land-for-peace experiment was on full display over the weekend.
"Yaniv Zohar was a talented man. He loved his country; he served in the Nachal Brigade. He loved Nahal Oz, he loved the environment. When he worked at the AP news agency he showed the whole world all the escalations that happened here through the lens of his camera until he went to work at Israel Hayom," colleague says. Yaniv's son was saved because he went out for a morning run.
