Tag: terrorism

Israel is asserting a forward defensive security zone on all fronts, amounting to long-term military control of critical territories alongside diminution of hostile civilian populations. From Israel’s perspective there are no more “sacrosanct” borders in its immediate vicinity.
Listen to the snotty statements coming out of Bonn, London, Ottawa, and Paris. Their neutrality in the great struggle against Iran is collusion with the enemy.
Only the IDF can truly defang Hamas. It is ridiculous to expect that the terrorists will melt away in the face of an alphabet soup of international do-gooders. Rather, Hamas will bamboozle, threaten, buy-off, or bump-off any EU cop, American monitor, or Egyptian overlord that stands in its way.
Israel must prevent future hostage situations by changing terrorist release rules and by executing Nukhba.
Israel must act forcefully against Palestinian terrorism and wildcat building, and buttress its long-term claim on Judea and Samaria by building strategically in accelerated fashion, especially in the Jerusalem envelope.
With President Trump bringing comprehensive peace to the Middle East starting with freedom from Hamas hands of Israeli hostages, only a few minor details still need to be worked out – like what to do with all the terrorist trawlers. Time for payback against the nasty actors out there.
David M. Weinberg is a think tank director, columnist and lobbyist who is a sharp critic of Israel’s detractors and of post-Zionist trends in Israel. Read more »
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