We have severely compromised our autonomy and mobility due to our longtime dependence on others.
By DOUGLAS ALTABEF (May 6, 2024 / JNS)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Knesset speaker Amir Ohana and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi attend a ceremony at Yad Vashem as Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, May 6, 2024. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90
Both Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke movingly and powerfully at the Yom Hashoah ceremony at Yad Vashem. Addressing the larger world in English, Netanyahu threw down the gauntlet, promising that if Israel has to act alone in Gaza, it will. Notably, he also said, “Never again is now.”
These were the words millions of Israelis have been waiting to hear and hope will be fulfilled. They are the antidote to the current situation in which we have either forgotten or been pressured to ignore what brought us to the first hostage release: unrelenting military pressure and success.
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