Critics of Israel’s actions in pursuing the real culprits behind the current conflict in the Middle East - Hamas and their terrorist enablers - never have an answer to one fundamental question: what steps do they believe Israel is entitled to take to defend themselves and their citizens? I don’t see how affirming that Israel has a right to defend its citizens from violent terrorist attacks is a controversial statement.

The fact that Democrats cannot accept this simple premise shows the philosophical, moral, and ideological decay which started with the radical left on college campuses, and has infested the highest levels of the U.S. government, courtesy of the Biden administration. Biden’s failure to veto the United Nations Security Council resolution demanding Israel submit to a unilateral cease-fire marks an all-time-low-point in U.S. – Israel relations, and future leaders in both countries must recommit to strengthening our bonds and unifying our actions in an increasingly dangerous world.

Hamas has mastered the despicable art of embedding themselves in the civilian population of Gaza and the West Bank to ensure any action against them will result in civilian casualties. And while every innocent life lost is a tragedy, Democrats blaming Israel for those deaths is........

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