Israel doesn’t just have a right to defend itself, it has a right to win the war against Hamas, Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., told The Daily Signal.
In an interview ahead of President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress, Hageman said the U.S. should give Israel whatever it needs to crush Hamas and end the war.
She said she was disappointed in the previous administration’s efforts to restrict Israel and critiqued the common statement that Israel has the right to defend itself.
“My response to that is: That’s a stupid statement,” Hageman said. “If you’re saying that they only have the right to defend themselves, what you’re saying is that they have to be in a continuous defensive position. That is not how this suffering is going to end.”
She said she is surprised global leaders are not all calling for Hamas to return the hostages and…
