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Although Hamas has dug its claws deep into all aspects of life and layers of Gaza, Israel must win decisively and prevent rearmament of the terrorist organization.
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Victory means full demilitarization and control of the Gaza-Egypt border.
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Washington’s desire to avoid regional war and its insistence that Israel end major combat operations before completing takeover of Gaza encourages Iran and its proxies to escalate their aggressions.
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It would be a daunting challenge to map a realistic vision for the Gaza Strip for the coming decade or even, in most likelihood, farther down the road. One will …
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Humanitarian concerns, both for the one hundred or so Israeli civilians still held hostage by Hamas and for the hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians held hostage by Hamas, must be secondary.
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Israel must maintain full security control and its civilian communities in this strategically critical territory.
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The practical way to ensure a quick and effective military operation with minimal risk to the uninvolved population is to temporarily relocate this population outside the combat zones.
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During a UN Security Council meeting on the 24th of October, the secretary general, Antonio Guterres, said that Hamas’ October 7th attacks on Israel “did not happen in a vacuum”. …
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It might be appropriate to adopt a more aggressive approach so as to reduce the risks to our forces, even if it runs against the wishes expressed by the White House
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Repeat pauses in the war are extraordinarily dangerous on many levels.