Again, the obvious solution for Biden's issues with the young left (who've grown up in a world where Israel has mostly had a corrupt leader who made the relationship here very partisan) is to lead on the "What comes next" front and restart a constructive dialogue toward peace. Happily, it's also the right thing to do, once Hamas is destroyed.
Again, the obvious solution for Biden's issues with the young left (who've grown up in a world where Israel has mostly had a corrupt leader who made the relationship here very partisan) is to lead on the "What comes next" front and restart a constructive dialogue toward peace. Happily, it's also the right thing to do, once Hamas is destroyed.
It is possible to condemn both the Hamas attack of Oct. 7 AND the IDF blitzkrieg of Gaza without being antisemitic. It is also not antisemitism to say that neither the government if Israel nor Hamas has been acting in good faith since 2007. I understand the honesty of friends is not always taken well when it involves criticism but I am concerned when I see people actually afraid to voice valid criticism of IsraelтАЩs method of destroying Hamas because they know their criticism will be called antisemitism. The middle road of supporting both the people of Palestine and Israel while condemning the wild attacks of both Hamas and the IDF seems to no longer be allowed.
It is true that Israel can not obliterate Hamas without killing civilians. It is also true that Hamas deliberately targeted civilians during the Oct. 7 attack. Many died and continue to die on both sides.
It is also true that no way to peace can be found while guns continue to blaze on both sides of the conflict. IsraelтАЩs far-right government has painted itself into a corner by vowing vengeance only to find itself negotiating for the release of hostages.
Plenty of long-term lessons to take from all this but it is immediate actions that continue to be fraught. Both sides are negotiating over hostages. We can only hope that the slim connection of hostage negotiation can be grown into larger negotiations towards a cease fire and then, possibly, into a peace agreement.
That is the only avenue of hope I can see in a very dark picture.
There can't be peace with the people who crossed the border and slaughtered 1400 civilians in the most barbaric of ways. Hamas isn't only brainwormed against Jews; they're also oppressors in Gaza itself. I wish Israel all the best in hunting them down and eliminating them forever. I wish Gazans had been able to rise up and do it themselves. But I sincerely hope that once the terrorist regime is removed, the world will come together in a renewed effort to broker a path toward a just and lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinians.
Again, the obvious solution for Biden's issues with the young left (who've grown up in a world where Israel has mostly had a corrupt leader who made the relationship here very partisan) is to lead on the "What comes next" front and restart a constructive dialogue toward peace. Happily, it's also the right thing to do, once Hamas is destroyed.
It is possible to condemn both the Hamas attack of Oct. 7 AND the IDF blitzkrieg of Gaza without being antisemitic. It is also not antisemitism to say that neither the government if Israel nor Hamas has been acting in good faith since 2007. I understand the honesty of friends is not always taken well when it involves criticism but I am concerned when I see people actually afraid to voice valid criticism of IsraelтАЩs method of destroying Hamas because they know their criticism will be called antisemitism. The middle road of supporting both the people of Palestine and Israel while condemning the wild attacks of both Hamas and the IDF seems to no longer be allowed.
It is true that Israel can not obliterate Hamas without killing civilians. It is also true that Hamas deliberately targeted civilians during the Oct. 7 attack. Many died and continue to die on both sides.
It is also true that no way to peace can be found while guns continue to blaze on both sides of the conflict. IsraelтАЩs far-right government has painted itself into a corner by vowing vengeance only to find itself negotiating for the release of hostages.
Plenty of long-term lessons to take from all this but it is immediate actions that continue to be fraught. Both sides are negotiating over hostages. We can only hope that the slim connection of hostage negotiation can be grown into larger negotiations towards a cease fire and then, possibly, into a peace agreement.
That is the only avenue of hope I can see in a very dark picture.
There can't be peace with the people who crossed the border and slaughtered 1400 civilians in the most barbaric of ways. Hamas isn't only brainwormed against Jews; they're also oppressors in Gaza itself. I wish Israel all the best in hunting them down and eliminating them forever. I wish Gazans had been able to rise up and do it themselves. But I sincerely hope that once the terrorist regime is removed, the world will come together in a renewed effort to broker a path toward a just and lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinians.