Michael Oren: “A ceasefire means Hamas wins. As simple as that.”

We know that when we send our children out to battle, if they -- you know, God forbid -- fall prisoner, the state will do everything, everything to get it back.

If the United States gets behind this effort to stop both of these extremisms together with Israel, there are tremendous opportunities here.

Terrorist organizations do not negotiate in good faith. They move the football. They will play with the emotions of Israelis. They'll torture Israelis. It's part of their terror. It's actually part of their strategy.

Now it’s the first time that I’ve seen in history when we have the opportunity to make the strategy the strategy. It’s not a tactic.