We have seen that the U.N. forgot about the moral issues that they have to advocate for,
We want to go back to the situation where Hezbollah is not on the border with Israel according to U.N. Resolution 1701. Hopefully, this time, it will be better implemented,
The regime is vulnerable, and it's up to us to decide which message we want to send to them,
God forbid, if they will have a nuclear bomb,
We can speak about reconstruction only after we defeat Hamas,
I approached the Lebanese people, I even spoke to them in Arabic, I urged them to take responsibility over the future, not to allow Iran to use Lebanon as a launch pad against Israel,
Well, the idea was good… Unfortunately, today, it's being used by hostile forces to attack the victims and not to condemn those who attack other countries and civilians."
We will decide about the timing, the location,
All of those who care about the future of the Palestinians in Gaza should support Israel,
Netanyahu believes he is at the point of maximum leverage, and he may well be. You may have a new president-elect that is much more to his liking in a matter of weeks,
This is probably a carrot to try to cajole the Israelis to not go big,
The U.S. is putting actual U.S. 'skin in the game' by placing U.S. forces inside Israel, that only 2 weeks ago was on the receiving end of 180 Iranian ballistic missiles,
It is almost inconceivable to me as we approach the possibility of a severe and serious escalation – the Israeli response and what the Iranians will do in return – that this administration could consider anything like a serious restriction or conditioning of military systems,
The targets are clear. Now it’s a matter of time,
We have planned in a way that if they commit any stupidity, the damages would be minimal,
We have always taken these threats seriously,
It’s important to note that there were legal standards during the entire course of this conflict, and the Biden administration has just not enforced them. It may be the situation is so dire in northern Gaza that the political calculations have changed, and that they may actually finally decide to implement US law. But it’s really long past the point at which they should have done so,
The Biden administration has gone out of its way to avoid acknowledging the application of this law,
So far, the Biden administration has tried to characterise the fortification of existing deployments and authorisation of new deployments as fragmented or individual incidents. However, what emerges is a comprehensive and robust introduction of US forces into situations where involvement in hostilities is imminent without any congressional authorisation as required by the law,
I interpret it as being intended to try to win over Uncommitted [National Movement] voters and others in swing states who have made clear that they are opposed to this administration’s unconditional support for Israel,