Two recent speeches by high-profile politicians about the ongoing Israel-Hamas war capture their opposite approaches and goals, and two high-profile assassinations this week show exactly how Israel intends to keep fighting it.
On July 24, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the American people and their representatives in government from the hallowed plenum in Congress, laying out in stark terms Israel’s aims for this war. He described in harrowing detail the events of Oct. 7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas terrorists invaded Israel and kidnapped, raped, tortured, and murdered more than 1,200 Israelis, breaching the ceasefire agreement with Israel already in effect and launching the current war.
Netanyahu explained how all violence and terrorism in the Middle East are orchestrated by the terrorist state of Iran, which funds its proxies to keep Israel and her Western allies, particularly the United States, in a constant state of fear and unsettlement. As American terror sympathizers chanted anti-American slogans and burned Old Glory just across the street from the Capitol, Netanyahu thanked the American people and asked the world for its continued support as Israel defeats this existential threat once and for all.
After she met with Netanyahu, presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a speech in front of the White House that laid out her position vis a vis Israel’s war on Hamas. After a cursory nod to Israel’s right to defend itself (apparently a controversial thing to say these days), Harris launched an extraordinary attack on our
