The Israel-US relationship is too important for national security to be used for political advantage.
Can Israel go it alone? Years ago, Israel tried to develop the Kfir fighter jet after its primary source, the French, embargoed the delivery of its Mirage fighter to Israel. That didn’t end well.
The US-Israeli alliance, often thought to be rock solid, may be more of a sandbar in an ocean, washed away by the growing tide of anti-Israel outrage.
Sullivan clarified that “Israel doesn’t have a long-term plan to occupy Gaza - and that ultimately the control of Gaza has to transition to the Palestinians.”
“We told the ICRC that we expect them to condemn Hamas’ war crimes, the massacre of over 1,200 people, the kidnapping, the rape of women. No humanitarian organization can be quiet."
Gallant and Sullivan discussed the timeline of the war, and theorized how to neutralize the Hezbollah threat in the North
If one were to judge by Wednesday’s headlines of a speech Biden gave a day earlier at a campaign event hosted by a former president of AIPAC, one might very well think so.
Biden specifically mentioned Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Biden, speaking at a White House reception for the Jewish Hanukkah festival, recalled his decades-long relationship with Netanyahu.
The government needs to stop playing politics and instead outline a vision for the day after in Gaza.