The year was 1982. I was in Israel when the IDF crossed the Northern border to root out terrorist sanctuaries in southern Lebanon. The government of Prime Minister Menachem Begin called it " Operation Peace for Galilee." The deputy press secretary invited me to accompany him into Lebanon.

We went through Tyre and Sidon to the outskirts of Beirut. I saw weapons provided by the Eastern European communist bloc stacked in parking garages, schools, hospitals and other civilian locations. Nothing has changed since then as the terrorists, who are called by different names, but with the same goal, want Israel to bomb those targets, hoping civilians will be killed so Israel will be blamed for "targeting civilians."

Forty-two years ago, Lebanese civilians cheered the IDF and offered free coffee and Lebanese flags to the troops, even to me.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is right to ignore the pleadings of President Biden for a cease fire and a "diplomatic solution." He has heard........

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