The Closer Israel Gets To Victory Over Hamas, The More The Nations Rage

The Closer Israel Gets To Victory Over Hamas, The More The Nations Rage

Amir Tsarfati

A young Israeli couple was gunned down last night by a pro-Palestinian terrorist as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. The two victims, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were members of the Israeli embassy staff when 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez cold-bloodedly murdered them on the sidewalk. After the shooting, Rodriguez entered the event, where he was detained by security. While in custody, he chanted, “Free, Free Palestine!” A look at his life reveals that he is a vile, antisemitic, radical socialist supporter of Hamas, and that this assassination was planned in advance. Actually, I should say that the murder was planned; the victims were random as long as they were Jews.

On a personal note, my family and many others I know knew Yaron. He was a believer – the son of a Messianic Jewish father and a German believing mother. I got to know Yaron’s father, Daniel, during the time both he and I were tour guides in Israel. Yaron was a good young man who had bought a ring and was preparing to propose to Sarah in Jerusalem just next week. Once again, beautiful young lives were stolen for the crime of being Jewish

President Trump’s Middle East Business Trip

From the moment the wheels first landed in Riyadh a little over a week ago, he was in full Art of the Deal mode. And it worked. By the time he left the United Arab Emirates a number of days later, he had secured $5.1 trillion in business for America. That is called putting America first. Did he step on toes and cause consternation along the way? Certainly. But that’s par for the course when it comes to this president. Was I one of those consternated? For sure, and I’m still uneasy about his palling around with Syria’s President al-Sharaa and his promise to lift sanctions for that country. But I understand his purpose for the trip and most of the methods he employed to gain his success.

One truth that the White House seems intent on making clear, no matter how much the fake news says otherwise, is that this president and this administration stand with Israel and will support Prime Minister Netanyahu in whatever decisions he feels he needs to make to keep our nation safe. And if the prime minister chooses a path that America disagrees with, there have been no indications that the threats of sanctions that were implemented by the previous administration would be employed against Israel today.

As I mentioned last week, Hamas has to make one of two choices. Accept the Witkoff proposal that demands hostages for a temporary ceasefire or reject it. The consequence of rejection is the full implementation of Operation Gideon’s Chariots. Hamas has rejected the proposal, so the chariots have begun moving.

The first stage of the operation launched, with the goal of moving all non-combatants to a safe zone between the Morag and Philadelphi corridors. Northern Gaza was blanketed with leaflets telling people that the military is coming, and that there was safety to the south. Once in the safe zone, the Gazans will receive humanitarian aid and will be given the opportunity to emigrate to a new location where they can build a real life.

As that stage progresses, the second stage also began with the military moving into northern Gaza with the intention of destroying everything, both above and below the ground. Israel can never be safe with Hamas terrorists living right across a border, so they are ensuring that it can’t happen. It is these actions that have the world community in an uproar. We’ll deal with those reactions below.

Hamas is fighting back, albeit weakly. They fired a rocket toward Ashkelon yesterday, but it was shot out of the air. When 93 trucks with humanitarian aid traveled into Gaza on Tuesday, 11 were robbed by Hamas gangs. They have become a gang of leaderless thugs. After the assassination of Mohammed Sinwar last week, their commanding echelon has weakened even more. Hamas’s greatest weapon continues to be the crying of the world’s political leaders, but Netanyahu’s administration is no longer to their hypocritical sobs.

As I mentioned last week, after 400-and-some-odd missiles fired the Houthis actually had one get through, wreaking havoc on some scrub brush and an ant hill near Ben Gurion airport. After that utter failure, they turned their sights from their attempt to blockade Ben Gurion Airport and instead announced a naval blockade on Israel. They are seeking to accomplish this by blocking cargo vessels going to Israel through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait that connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. This is more problematic because all shipping from Asia to Israel must pass through this strait. Its location is also challenging because the country of Yemen makes up the eastern side of the water passage.

Israel has already been creating havoc through air attacks on Yemen’s seaports and the international airport in Sana’a. If the Houthis attempt to cut Israel’s water connection to Asia, it is going to get very ugly very fast. President Trump made it clear last week that the United States will not participate in any actions against Yemen as long as American ships are immune to Houthi attacks. However, they also let it be known that they will support Israel in whatever needs to be done to protect its people and its economy.

Countdown for Iran

Iran has rejected the latest US proposal for a nuclear deal and has refused an invitation from Oman for a fifth round of talks. It seems one of the primary sticking points is whether or not Iran keeps centrifuges for enriching uranium. Washington says there’s no reason for Iran to keep them, while Tehran says they’re not letting them go. President Trump has made it clear that he will not allow a nuclear Iran. His administration has also verbalized numerous times that it understands that Israel must do whatever it has to do to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapon from becoming a reality.

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