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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has never been a friend of Israel. Her blood libel about “genocide” against the Jewish State puts her squarely in the Jew-hating camp. She needs a refresher course on the Bible. “I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse” - so G-d says. The Evangelical Christians know this better than any group. I doubt AOC has ever even heard this phrase before. It is a shame that she was educated by a self-hating Jew, Senator Bernie Sanders. I missed my chance at educating her when she was not yet in politics and attended the wedding of dear friends of mine. Had I known she was interested in politics, I would have done my utmost to influence her views on the Jews and Israel.

There is a basic law in physics that every action has an opposite and equal reaction. I don’t think that Senator Chuck Schumer was a standout in physics. His critique of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu created a firestorm that’s still going strong. I don’t think he anticipated the degree and level of the reaction.

Former President Trump’s national press secretary Karoline Leavitt said it best when she told NBC News that the eventual GOP nominee “did more for Israel than any American President in history.” So when the New York Times tried to criticize Mr. Trump for his apparent “hands-off approach” in a front-page story entitled “Trump Offers No Clear View On Gaza War” on Sunday March 3, they could not have been further from the truth.

Eighty percent of Americans surveyed by Gallup and published on January 5 say the U.S. is doing the “right amount” or “not enough” in its support of Israel in its war against Hamas. Interestingly, both 40% of Democrats and 40% of Republicans said that America was “not doing enough” to help Israel. Actually, Gallup found a record high level of Americans said that support for Israel is “lacking.”

Douglas Murray, writing for The New York Post, said it best: “It’s amazing how long bad ideas take to die. That’s certainly the case with one of the least successful ideas in the world. The idea of the two-state solution in the Middle East.” 

I have never seen a war in which the “day after” is discussed as much as the war being waged against Hamas in Gaza. Israel appears to be on the road to victory, but there are still months of fighting up ahead. Because it is a guerrilla war, there has to be flexibility in understanding that it is a complex process. The fact that Hamas terrorists dress and blend in as civilians makes it even harder.