Will Israel be Allowed to Win?

WSJ Opinion: Free Expression

Gerard Baker, Editor at Large, The Wall Street Journal

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4.6 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

As the Biden administration and international public opinion up the pressure on Israel to suspend its campaign against an enemy sworn to destroy it, the right of the Jewish state to defend itself seems to be challenged. Can Israel finish the job against Hamas? Will Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remain in office despite fierce domestic criticism? What are the wider geopolitical issues at stake? On this episode of the Potomac Watch podcast, policy analyst Reuel Marc Gerecht tells Gerry Baker why an occupation of Gaza by Israel is likely necessary, how pro-Palestinian voters in the United States have influence over Joe Biden’s policy decisions, and why Iran and questions about its nuclear program continue to linger over the entire war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.8	This week, is Israel losing the war? The idea seems both far-fetched
0:39.3	and, we should say, slightly terrifying. Israel's defense forces have already eliminated
0:43.5	thousands of Hamas fighters and killed many of its leaders, pushing deep into Gaza.
0:49.1	The job isn't finished, and the Biden administration is upping the pressure on Israeli
0:53.5	Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
0:55.2	to agree to a ceasefire and halt the campaign to eradicate the terror group that slaughtered
1:00.3	1,200 Israelis on October 7th. This, even as Hamas holds on to around 100 of the hostages
1:06.2	it took that day, and says, by the way, in response to a proposed deal brokered by the US, it doesn't even
1:11.9	know what's happened to 40 of them.
1:13.8	Yet somehow, as much of the global media portrays Israel as the aggressor, and with the Biden
1:19.3	administration seemingly worried about losing the support of pro-Palestinian voters in November's
1:24.1	election, the Jewish state is under heavy pressure from its supposedly closest
1:28.5	ally in the world to wind down the military campaign. If Israel is bullied in this way and
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