Israel and Hamas Are at War Again. Heres What US Should Do About It.
Israel and Hamas Palestinian militants are currently locked in their fourth mini-war since 2008.\xa0\nMore than 3,400 rockets have been fired between Israel and the neighboring Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of at least 10 Israelis and about 200 Palestinians.\xa0\n\u201cHamas manipulated ongoing anti-Israeli riots and used that as a pretext to launch missiles at Jerusalem,\u201d said Jim Phillips, a senior research fellow for Middle Eastern affairs at The Heritage Foundation.\xa0\n\u201cIn Hamas's world, in order to defend Jerusalem, it had to fire missiles at Jerusalem. But this is part of its long-term strategy not only to destroy Israel, but to undermine any chance of peace between Israel and the Palestinian [National] Authority,\u201d he said.\nPhillips joins \u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast\u201d to discuss how the current conflict between Israel and Hamas began and how it likely will end. He also explains the action America should take and how Biden administration policies toward the Middle East differ from those of the Trump administration.\xa0\nWe also cover these stories:\xa0\n\nHouse Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., says he won't support\xa0legislation to establish a commission to look into the unrest that occurred Jan. 6 at the Capitol.\n\nMcCarthy and 28 other House Republicans draft a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., asking her to end proxy voting.\n\nNorth Carolina\xa0sheriff's deputies were "justified" in the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr., a North Carolina district attorney says.\n\n\nEnjoy the show!\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.