I reviewed Biden’s proposal three times as I assumed I must be missing something. If I understand correctly, Israel is to halt all military operations, withdraw its troops from Gaza, allow the civilian population to return to their homes — thus, for all intents and purposes, preventing removal of Hamas from power — all for the return for some (not all) living and deceased hostages. Then Israel must rely on Hamas’s good faith to release the balance of the hostages? If that is correct, it is just asking Israel to concede defeat.
Biden ( and Obama) obviously issued this as way for Hamas to emerge and dictate the terms of the release of the hostages, regardless of whether they are dead or alive. Netanyahu was corrrect in realizing this as yet another stunt designed to help Biden's poll numbers and to appeal to the Israeli left which thinks that hostages must be redeemed during the course of a war, which runs contrary to the way wars have been waged throughout history and as well as to the relevant sourrces in the Jewish tradition about waging war, where redeeming hostages may very well be of secondary importance to winning a war.
America showed that it had turned toward the light in electing Obama twice. Obama, in payment, dragged America toward the dark, and has conspired to continue his task of destroying America. Obama is not overly concerned if Israel and America's Jews are destroyed along the way. Obama's pandering to Iran as the centerpiece in his foreign policy is a major step along the way.
Park appeared in an excellent panel on anti-semitism organized by the Manhattan Institute. I highly recommend getting on their mailing list and subscribing to their publication, City Journal.
Can you please point where I can find the panel? I subscribe to MI newsletter and City Journal but don’t read it as thoroughly as I don’t live in NYC any more…
I reviewed Biden’s proposal three times as I assumed I must be missing something. If I understand correctly, Israel is to halt all military operations, withdraw its troops from Gaza, allow the civilian population to return to their homes — thus, for all intents and purposes, preventing removal of Hamas from power — all for the return for some (not all) living and deceased hostages. Then Israel must rely on Hamas’s good faith to release the balance of the hostages? If that is correct, it is just asking Israel to concede defeat.
Exactly. It is a direct message that the war can’t be won and accepting Biden’s proposal is the only way to move on.
Biden ( and Obama) obviously issued this as way for Hamas to emerge and dictate the terms of the release of the hostages, regardless of whether they are dead or alive. Netanyahu was corrrect in realizing this as yet another stunt designed to help Biden's poll numbers and to appeal to the Israeli left which thinks that hostages must be redeemed during the course of a war, which runs contrary to the way wars have been waged throughout history and as well as to the relevant sourrces in the Jewish tradition about waging war, where redeeming hostages may very well be of secondary importance to winning a war.
America showed that it had turned toward the light in electing Obama twice. Obama, in payment, dragged America toward the dark, and has conspired to continue his task of destroying America. Obama is not overly concerned if Israel and America's Jews are destroyed along the way. Obama's pandering to Iran as the centerpiece in his foreign policy is a major step along the way.
Park appeared in an excellent panel on anti-semitism organized by the Manhattan Institute. I highly recommend getting on their mailing list and subscribing to their publication, City Journal.
City Journal is an excellent journal that provides some of the best analysis of what is right and wrong in America
Can you please point where I can find the panel? I subscribe to MI newsletter and City Journal but don’t read it as thoroughly as I don’t live in NYC any more…