The IDF’s chief spokesman, Adm. Daniel Hagari, said Netanyahu’s call for “absolute victory” is unrealistic. “The idea that it is possible to destroy Hamas, to make Hamas vanish, is wrong,” he added.
“There are risks in both the Right and the Left, of erosion on the margins, that only makes it more important for there to be bipartisan support,” Lew told an economic conference at Reichman U.
The Israeli prime minister highlighted Israel's supply of arms as being crucial to its success in defeating Hamas and preventing war with Hezbollah.
US Ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, spoke to The Jerusalem Post about the recent state of diplomacy amid the war, and what it might mean for the future of Israel-Saudi relations.
A look to Israel's journalists, businessmen, writers and politicians.
US Ambassador Jack Lew, as well as ambassadors from Austria, Germany, and Great Britain, called for the release of hostages during a rally in Tel Aviv.
“We have never said that was our policy,” Lew told the Conference of Presidents when quizzed about the matter on Sunday night.
Asked about antisemitism in Ukraine today, Ukrainian ambassador to Israel, Yevgen Korniychuk, links his index finger to his thumb to indicate zero.
The newly appointed ambassador to Israel has drawn praise from both right and left. But his record in the Obama administration should raise concerns.
As ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew will undoubtedly be the staunch ally that the Jewish state needs during this remarkably difficult time.
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