Michael Oren: “He is showing that America, after a long period of isolationism, is willing to project power again on a massive scale.”

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.

We've learned that Hamas will hold onto these hostages. Some will be killed. Many will be tortured. But generally, Hamas wants to hold on to these hostages and use them as bargaining chips.

I think that any effort to release hostages is good. But at the end of the day, Israel was going to have to take the measures to defend itself.