Ryan is a national reporter at HuffPost -- one of few who have the good fortune to work from the site's Denver office.
while calling for a more restrained approach, both for ethical reasons and because doing so, he argued, ultimately bolsters Israel’s long-term security.Biden has repeatedly and staunchly defended Israel’s right to defend itself, a position Obama reaffirmed Monday as he called on Israel to uphold international law and minimize civilian death and suffering.
And while Obama applauded the recent Israeli decision to allow humanitarian relief trucks into Gaza, he plainly sees the move as insufficient. He cautions: “The Israeli government’s decision to cut off food, water and electricity to a captive civilian population threatens not only to worsen a growing humanitarian crisis; it could further harden Palestinian attitudes for generations, erode global support for Israel, play into the hands of Israel’s , and undermine long term efforts to achieve peace and stability in the region.”
Obama also called on leaders in the region to recommit to a two-state solution, acknowledging that both Palestinian and Israeli leaders have, at various points in the past, rebuffed meaningful progress for the purpose of scoring short-term political points.“Israel has every right to exist,” Obama writes, while assailing antisemitism. “The Jewish people have claim to a secure homeland where they have ancient historical roots.
Yet so, too, do the Palestinians, he notes, many of whom “were not only displaced when Israel was formed but continue to be forcibly displaced by a settler movement that too often has received tacit or explicit support from the Israeli government.”We should choose not to always assume the worst in those with whom we disagree.
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