Mati Gill, former Chief of Staff to Israel's Minister of Public Security, believes Hamas can, must and will be destroyed.

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Mati Gill, former Chief of Staff to Israel's Minister of Public Security, believes Hamas can, must and will be destroyed.

And today, the day that at least three countries recognized a Palestinian state, an Op Ed from this past week that includes a dire warning about what a move like that could lead to.

May 22, 2024

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There’s an old quip in Israeli circles that years ago, a leading candidate for Prime Minister in an upcoming vote was asked by a TV journalist, “What do you think your chances really are in the elections?” As the story (which may be apocryphal) goes, the candidate said to the journalist, “My chances? In a word, ‘good.’ In two words, ‘Not good.’”

The line…

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