Michael Oren: “But Israel also supports the Obama administration's platform to lead the world community in imposing crippling sanctions…”

If the ceasefire goes on, Hamas is going to use that period to lay more booby traps, to move equipment around.

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.

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.

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