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What Israel owes its citizens | Israel has not only the right to defend itself against terror attacks, writes former Rep. Steve Israel, but "the paramount responsibility to defend its citizens from invasion, abduction, annihilation and reported beheadings." |
"The very foundation of nationhood requires, first and foremost, that responsibility. Any nation that abdicates that responsibility might as well not exist." Hamas is an existential threat to Israel, but it cannot win through military might. Once the Israeli military retaliates for last weekend's terrorist attacks, Hamas will rely on what the author calls a "propaganda ambush," flooding the media with images of innocent Palestinians caught in the crossfire. This "will incite the Arab street, weakening if not unraveling the Abraham Accords; putting more pressure on Saudi Arabia to keep its distance; triggering Hamas's allies in Lebanon, Syria and elsewhere to join the conflagration." This scenario has happened many times before, and it will happen again, says Israel. "It's like a 75-year television rerun." But Hamas must be denied a victory all the same. That will require continued and deepening U.S. support for Israel, and even enlisting some Arab governments to help rebuild Gaza "not as a terrorist training base, but as a fit place for innocent Palestinians to live." The author realizes this may sound unimaginably idealistic. But "there is always hope for the unimaginable. The only unimaginably bad outcome is a Hamas victory." Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Friday, Oct. 13. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. |
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By Margaret McMullan, author of nine award-winning books |
It's election year in Mississippi, and for the first time in a long while, we have a gubernatorial candidate who appeals to Democrats, independents and centrist Republicans. He even has a famous last name that strikes a sweet chord in every Mississippi heart: Presley. Brandon Presley. On Nov. 7, Elvis's second cousin hopes to unseat GOP Gov. Tate Reeves. |
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By Russ Feingold, former U.S. senator (D-Wis.) |
The government is funded for the next six weeks. The House is preoccupied with trying to prove itself a functioning chamber. Now is the perfect time for the Senate to prioritize what it can singlehandedly do: confirm judges. |
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By Avi Melamed, former Israeli intelligence official |
Iran must either accept the loss of its power base in Gaza or send Hezbollah, Iran's most powerful and vital operational agent militia, to war to try and save Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, risking significant damage to the militia. While Hezbollah might join the conflict, at this stage it is uncertain. |
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By Seth Cropsey, president of Yorktown Institute |
The U.S. must act where the Kremlin's narrative seeks to sow dissent and disrupt and prevent high-value transfers to the Ukrainian armed forces. The more the battlefield situation tilts against Moscow, the less supposed evidence of Western disunity will dominate headlines. |
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