The enemy is cruel, religiously motivated and willing to put its own civilian population in harm's way. A ceasefire won't change that

President Joe Biden is engaging in a risky game of chicken with his greatest ally in the Middle East, Israel. While his support for Israel’s war effort has been commendable, in recent days, his rebuke of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become sharper. A few days ago, he had the audacity to say of Netanyahu, “he must pay more attention to the innocent lives being lost as a consequence of the actions taken…. He’s hurting Israel more than helping Israel.”

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Given this false narrative, it’s Biden who is hurting Israel by failing to recognize the impossibility of the situation. To back Israel in destroying Hamas on one hand, and tell its prime minister to effectively stop the military campaign against what is arguably the most dangerous terrorist group on the planet, is duplicitous. Now, the Senate majority leader of the United States, Chuck Schumer, is reinforcing Biden’s message by calling for early elections in Israel, crossing the Rubicon of respecting the nation’s sovereignty.

But the doublespeak continues. Biden and the White House are denying setting any red lines to withhold arms shipments. At the same time, it’s discouraging Israel from clearing out the hornets’ nest in Rafah, near Gaza’s southern border with Egypt. Leaving Rafah intact with the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and four of the terror group’s battalions in charge would be suicidal for........

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