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International Pressure Prolongs Human Suffering, IDF Sergeant Says 

International pressure from Western media, politicians, and one-sided human rights organizations has prevented Israel from fully neutralizing threats—allowing them to resurface decades later and prolong unnecessary bloodshed, an intelligence officer with the Israel Defense Forces told the Daily Signal.

Avraham Levine, who lost dozens of loved ones to attacks carried out in northern Israel by the Islamic militant group Hezbollah, said the terrorist organization could have been eliminated during Israeli military operations in 2006. That conflict began after Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon attacked an IDF squadron in northern Israel.

According to the officer, the United Nations—particularly the United Nations Security Council, which Levine described as “unnecessary bureaucracy”—quickly passed a resolution condemning Israel’s defensive actions.

The U.N. then assumed the role of mediator and deployed approximately 10,000 troops to the region to maintain peace and neutralize the threat.

“Neither was achieved,” the........

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