ceasefire deals - some restraint and rethinking is necessary
As such, I am glad that as Trump took office, Trump pushed through implementation of Biden’s “stage one” – so that I and all Israelis can rejoice a bit in the hostage lives that have been saved
I look forward to shedding additional buckets of tears of relief as more Israeli hostages are released soon as healthy as possible
But nobody has the right to declare skeptics of the current deal and those of us concerned about imprudent next stage deals, to be “war criminals” Nobody has the right to take me and nine million other Israelis hostage in an untamed campaign of complete character assassination
It may be politically incorrect these days to question the tactics – never mind the goals and total discourse dominance – of the movement for hostage release “now, now, now”
I have been told that it is “brave” and even “unwise” to pen an op-ed column like this But I think some restraint and rethinking is necessary
*The writer David M. Weinberg is managing senior fellow at the Jerusalem-based Misgav Institute for National Security & Zionist Strategy The views expressed here are his own. Weinberg's diplomatic, defense, political, and Jewish world columns over the past 28 years are at davidmweinberg.com
