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The very thought of negotiating with terrorists represents a strategic disaster. Yet Israel’s willingness to trade hundreds of hardened criminals to get back a handful of hostages is a powerful message of light triumphing over darkness.
The U.S. president-elect told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “This has to end. We want it to end, but to keep doing what has to be done.”
The U.S. president-elect decided to remove all restrictions on weapons supplies to the Jewish state, the premier said.
“It has not been lost on me that I’m the only university president that’s speaking,” Rabbi Ari Berman told JNS.
StopAntisemitism stated that it is “deeply concerned” about the president-elect’s decision, given that Gibson “is known to be one of Hollywood’s biggest Jew haters.”
“Let’s be clear. President Biden and his failed foreign policy team deserve zero credit for this belated deal,” the anti-Israel group stated.
The Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem will host an event for the U.S. presidential inauguration.
“The prime minister made it clear that he is committed to returning all of the hostages however he can,” according to a statement from Jerusalem.
Rabbi Ari Berman, head of Yeshiva University, wrote that it is a privilege to “offer a prayer of unity and hope” at this momentous event.
Ohad Tal, who chairs the Religious Zionism Party’s Knesset faction, made the comment at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Imam Husham al-Husainy has a significant history of extremism, according to the Middle East Forum.
The US president-elect warned of “trouble like they’ve never seen before” if the talks fail.