Peace and prosperity are not a likely outcome if Hamas reconstitutes any of its elements, so support for Israel must continue for its mission of ending the terrorists’ reign, Steven Yates, a senior research fellow for China and national security at the Heritage Foundation, said on Newsmax Sunday.
“I think Israel needs to be given as much support as possible in that mission of ending Hamas,” Yates told Newsmax’s “Sunday Report.” “You can’t stop the killing if you have a terrorist organization embedded within a civilization there that is volatile and within striking distance to Israel.”
The conflict, he added, was “brought on by Iran and its proxies” and by some elements within Israel’s sovereignty, and “they have to be stopped.”
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