(Israel Hayom) Nadav Shragai - When Israel's prime minister says "No" to a Palestinian state, he represents the majority of Israel's citizens, who understand exactly that this would mean a state entity whose residents would support terror regardless of its leadership. They support our massacre and want our destruction and elimination. With such people, no agreements can be made. President Biden is a friend. He has domestic political constraints that have impacted his posture toward Israel. Israel is already taking into account Biden's internal travails in its decision to transfer humanitarian aid, food, and fuel into Gaza, even though this prolongs the war, boosts Hamas' military endurance, creates more serious risks for our soldiers, reduces pressure on it to release the captives, and enables continued Hamas influence over the Gazan population through the distribution of assistance. Anyone who says "Yes" to stopping the war before achieving victory will figuratively spit in the faces of the soldiers and their families who sacrificed greatly for the state. Saying "No" to stopping the war represents almost all of us. Golda Meir insisted on continuing the encirclement of Egypt's Third Army in the Yom Kippur War; Menachem Begin defied the U.S. and took out the reactor in Iraq; successive Israeli governments have continued construction in Jerusalem. In all cases, Israel's leaders said "No" to the U.S.
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