Let’s be clear: what’s happening in Gaza isn’t just Israel’s problem—it’s a front-line battle in the global war between civilization and terrorism. And thank God we have a leader like Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who understands that. In a recent interview with Fox News’ Bill Hemmer, Netanyahu laid out Israel’s plan in plain terms: eliminate Hamas, rescue the hostages, and ensure Gaza never again becomes a launchpad for jihadist terror.
“We don’t want to keep it,” Netanyahu said of the Gaza Strip. “We want to have a security perimeter, but we don’t want to govern it… we want to hand it over to Arab forces that will govern it properly, without threatening us and giving Gazans a good life.”
That’s not colonization. That’s not occupation. That’s common sense. Israel doesn’t want to rule over Gaza—but it’s not about to hand the keys back to a genocidal terror group either. After the October 7 massacre, where Hamas slaughtered 1,200 innocent people—many of them civilians, women, children, the elderly—the idea that Israel should just walk away from Gaza and hope for the best is beyond naïve. It’s suicidal.
And Netanyahu isn’t mincing words. “They have to go,” he said about Hamas. “I think President Trump has said it, you know, you have to see two things in Gaza: You have to see Hamas eliminated, and you have to have the hostages released.”
That’s the kind of moral clarity the world sorely lacks. For too long, the global left—including the Biden administration before Trump took back the White House—has treated Hamas like some kind of legitimate political actor. They’re not. They’re terrorists. Period. And Israel has every right—no, every duty—to destroy them.
Let’s remember what Hamas is. They’re not just a local resistance movement or a political party. They are a U.S.-designated terrorist organization whose charter explicitly calls for the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews. They use schools and hospitals as weapons depots. They hide behind civilians. They took hostages—50 still remain, 20 possibly alive—and then stalled all negotiations while demanding the impossible.
What other country would tolerate this? What other nation would be expected to simply “de-escalate” in the face of such barbarism?
Netanyahu outlined a three-part mission: free the hostages, crush Hamas, and ensure long-term security. He’s not talking about a permanent occupation. He’s talking about a secure buffer and transferring governance to Arab forces that can actually manage Gaza without turning it into another Iranian proxy. That’s a practical, measured plan. And it aligns with America’s interest in a stable Middle East free of Iranian-backed terror.
Contrast that with the so-called “international community,” which has spent the past two years wringing its hands and demanding “restraint” from Israel. Restraint? After the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust? Restraint is what enabled Hamas to build its tunnels, stockpile rockets, and train terrorists under the noses of global aid agencies and the United Nations.
And let’s not forget: this wouldn’t even be possible if President Trump weren’t back in the White House. Under Joe Biden, Israel was shackled by State Department bureaucrats who cared more about appeasing Iran and placating the anti-Israel left than supporting our closest ally in the region. Now, with Trump in charge and Congress no longer under the thumb of the Squad, Israel has the political backing it needs to finish the job.
Military pressure, Netanyahu said, is the only way to free the hostages. That’s not warmongering—it’s reality. Negotiating with terrorists who use civilians as shields and hostages as bargaining chips is a dead end. Force is the only language Hamas understands.
We should be standing shoulder to shoulder with Israel—not just out of loyalty, but out of shared values. Because if Hamas wins, the message to every terror group on the planet is loud and clear: mass murder works. That can’t happen. Not under Trump’s watch. And not on Netanyahu’s.
Israel is doing what any sane, sovereign nation would do. The only question now is whether the rest of the free world has the backbone to support them—or if they’ll keep hiding behind platitudes while evil thrives.