One of my ironclad rules of journalism is this: When you see an elephant flying, don’t laugh, don’t doubt, don’t sneer — take notes. Something very new and important is happening and we need to understand it.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a weekly news conference at the Capitol in Washington, March 6, 2024. Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the United States, spoke from the Senate floor on March 14 to condemn Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and to call for elections to replace him.
Before I explain why, I want to be very clear about one thing that Schumer and Biden have also made clear: The war in the Gaza Strip was forced on Israel by a vicious attack by Hamas on Israeli border communities, populated by the most dovish Israelis in the country’s political spectrum. If you are calling for a “cease-fire now” in Gaza and not a “cease-fire and hostage release now,” it’s making the problem worse.
Why do Israel and the U.S. need a Palestinian partner and a vision for a two-state solution? I see six reasons — that’s a lot, but they all bear on Biden’s challenge and political fate: 4) Hamas’ attack was designed to halt Israel from becoming more embedded than ever in the Arab world thanks to the Abraham Accords and the budding normalization process with Saudi Arabia. Consequently, Israel’s response had to be designed to preserve those vital new relationships. That could be possible only if Israel was fighting Hamas in Gaza with one hand and actively pursuing two states with the other.
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