Visiting US Senator Fetterman: No to any deal that leaves Hamas in power

[Jose Garcia]

Source: Times of Israel

Backing the position expressed repeatedly by Israel’s leadership, United States Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) said on Thursday that he would oppose any deal with Hamas that ended the Gaza war and left the terror group in power.

“I fully support the prime minister’s idea that he can never allow a permanent ceasefire [if] Hamas is allowed to be functional,” said Fetterman, speaking in Jerusalem during his first trip to Israel.

“That’s my red line on that,” said the freshman senator, clad in his trademark shorts and hoodie sweatshirt. “I could never support Israel being bullied into an artificial kind of permanent ceasefire against an enemy like Hamas.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists he will fight till Hamas is destroyed over its devastating October 7 attack on the country.

Read more: https://www.timesofisrael.com/visiting-us-senator-fetterman-no-to-any-deal-that-leaves-hamas-in-power/

[dutch777]

1. Whether they survive as a political or governing entity is not the key. Their terrorist role is. No sign Israel is....

...stamping that out. Damaging it, yes, but Hamas is an idea of resistance and given all the death and destruction Israel had rained down on Palestinians the Israelis have a better chance of curing the common cold and cancer in the next month than they do of stamping out the militant elements of Hamas (or whatever new name it will morph into).

[former9thward]

2. And?

You can say the same thing about ISIS and the various other terror groups the U.S. has been fighting for decades. Do we just give up?