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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20256/biden-must-not-go-wobbly-on-israel
The U.S. Must Maintain Its Support for Israel
(Gatestone Institute) Con Coughlin - With the Israel Defense Forces making good progress in their attempts to destroy the Islamist Hamas terrorist organization, this is not the moment for the Biden administration to soften its support for Israel. With the IDF exposing the terrorists' key command and control systems located either within or beneath hospitals, schools and mosques, Washington needs to give Israel the backing it needs to finish its declared objective of destroying Hamas. While President Joe Biden has generally remained resolute in his support for Israel in the wake of the atrocities Hamas committed against the Israeli people on Oct. 7, Israel is likely to come under intense pressure from the Biden administration in the coming weeks to scale back its military operations. The IDF is determined to make sure that the entire Hamas terrorist infrastructure is destroyed before it considers any reduction in military activity. It is vital, therefore, that the Biden administration fully comprehends that, from Israel's perspective, destroying Hamas is nothing less than an existential struggle, one that is vital to the future survival, security and prosperity of the Jewish state and in fact the entire region. The writer is defense editor for Britain's Daily Telegraph.