I would like to see more aid personally, and I'm sure that this -- what has occurred, this tragedy will probably strengthen the president's hand and trying to persuade Israeli leaders to go against public opinion.
Michael Oren expresses his personal desire for increased aid to Palestinians and the potential impact of recent tragedies on Israeli leadership.
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This is the horrible reality of this war, and it's just in our -- no, it's not just a story. I'm a dad and a grandad, and it's just heartbreaking, the whole thing.
Hamas knows once it released the last 10 hostages, then Israel can then go into those tunnels, flood them with water, flood them with whatever flammable substance that we can find, and that will be the end of Hamas.
If the United States gets behind this effort to stop both of these extremisms together with Israel, there are tremendous opportunities here.