USA government cannot continue to call for or expect Israel to refrain from direct action against Hamas
Mario Loyola makes a vital point why the USA cannot continue to tell Israel's government whether or not they can enter Gaza to convincingly finish off Hamas:
“We stand with Israel,” President Joe Biden said Tuesday. “And we will make sure that Israel has what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself, and respond to this attack.”This is fully correct.
It was a strong statement of support. But Israelis have heard such statements from American presidents before, only to be disappointed just weeks later by U.S. pressure to wrap up operations and agree to a premature cease-fire.
What Biden should have said, and what Congress should say now, is that the U.S. will ensure Israel has all the time, resources, and diplomatic cover it needs to achieve complete victory over Hamas.
In other words, the U.S. will veto any U.N. Security Council cease-fire resolution and will ignore any third-party cease-fire mediation, except on Israel’s terms. And the U.S. should encourage Israel to keep its terms very simple: unconditional surrender.
It’s time to get Israel out of the suicidal habit of leaving Hamas standing at the end of wars started by Hamas. After Hamas’ 2007 takeover of the Gaza Strip, it should have been obvious that Israel no longer could afford to tolerate the continued existence of Hamas. That is abundantly obvious now.
[...] After the horrific attacks of the past week, Israel is entirely justified in concluding that anything short of the complete destruction of Hamas could lead many Israelis to wonder whether Israel can really survive surrounded by such bloodthirsty and determined killers.
Israel cannot let those doubts fester. Just as the Allies did at the start of World War II, it has every right to seek the unconditional surrender or complete destruction of Hamas—and it must.
[...] In the meantime, to reiterate, the U.S. should say unambiguously what it should have said years ago: In a war started by Israel’s enemies, the U.S. will give Israel all the time, resources, and diplomatic cover that it needs to achieve complete victory.
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