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.
Michael Oren discusses the tactics of Hamas and the challenges faced by Israel in negotiating with a terrorist organization.
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We want to retain the regional alliance that emerged after last Saturday night of moderate Sunni state standing, you know, basically shoulder to shoulder with us against Iran.
What they're really saying is, either he should step down or he should say 'I will accept responsibility' which is code in Israel for, after this, I will step down.
This is a war. And we're up against, again, an enemy who doesn't share any of our values and wants to destroy our civilization, wants to destroy our state.
If the United States gets behind this effort to stop both of these extremisms together with Israel, there are tremendous opportunities here.