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.
Michael Oren: “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…”
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Oren reflects on a historic shift in Israeli policy towards diplomacy.
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You can shoot 350 projectiles at us. And if one of them had gotten through, it could have killed thousands of people.
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 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.
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.