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Benjamin Netanyahu has a lot of explaining to do in the wake of Hamas's attack on Israel, says former undersecretary of Defense Dov Zakheim. This is the prime minister, he writes, whose "single-minded efforts to avoid criminal prosecution bitterly divided his country and thereby weakened it in the eyes of its most implacable and bloodthirsty enemies." |
Israel must crush Hamas, extract its hostages and secure its border with Gaza. Once that's accomplished, many questions will need answering. Among them: "How could a wall to protect Israelis from Hamas attacks be so paper thin, when the wall dividing Israel and the West Bank is so formidable?" "Why was Israel unable to obtain proper warning of an attack that appears to have been planned for some time?" Israel will have to answer these questions. It will also need to reform its government, says Zakheim. "It can no longer have a government that includes racist, neo-fascist ministers like Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, whose pronouncements have only enflamed Palestinian — and not only Palestinian — hostility." It's time for Netanyahu to relinquish power and for someone new – Zakheim proposes former chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces Benny Gantz – to be the face of the nation. Israel will defeat Hamas, says Zakheim, "but the cost of this war is already far too high." "Israel has been wracked by civil strife unlike any in its 75-year history. And that can only end with urgent political change and the departure from the top of the man behind that strife, Benjamin Netanyahu." Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
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By Dan Perry, author of two books on Israel |
Israel, for all its history of bravado and occasional recklessness, is a prosperous country with largely Western expectations about the lifestyle and security of its citizens. Despite a history of terrorism and violence, its people are mostly ill-suited to be stoic about the scenes that unfolded here this weekend. |
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By Steve Israel, former U.S. representative (D-N.Y.) |
The country that exhumed its own citizens from cemeteries in Gaza in its own sacrifice for peace now digs fresh graves in its national cemeteries. At this moment, clear and defined even through tears, the United States must act unequivocally. |
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By Tom Mockaitis, professor of history at DePaul University |
Hamas conducts unjustifiable terrorist attacks against civilians, but it does much more. It is best understood as a hybrid organization, similar in some ways to a nationalist insurgency like the Irish Republican Army and in others to a religious extremist group like ISIS. |
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By Merrill Matthews, resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation |
Biden's failure to address illegal immigration and crime at the federal level — along with Democratic mayors, DAs and city councils at the local level — could create a political upheaval. People of color may enter the voting booth in 2024 asking themselves, to paraphrase Ronald Reagan: "Am I better off than I was four years ago?" Democrats won't like the answer. |
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