President Biden and his aides have been careful not to even hint in public that Israel could be violating any laws of war.
And the State Department continues to approve sales of weapons to Israel while refraining from making any assessments of the legality of Israel’s actions.
Israel says it is impossible to defeat its enemy without killing innocents — a lesson that Americans and their allies should understand.
Mr. Netanyahu added that the attack “was a legitimate act of war with tragic consequences that accompany such legitimate action.
And during Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s visits to Israel after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, Israeli officials privately invoked the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Persons:
Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Mr, Netanyahu, “, ‘, ’, Antony J, Blinken’s, Mark Regev, Regev, ”
Organizations:
State Department, Royal Air Force, ”, Islamic State, “, ISIS, PBS
Locations:
Israel, Copenhagen, Iraqi, Falluja, Iraq, Mosul, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, United States