JERUSALEM—Israel’s war with Hamas goes beyond land and borders; it’s a battle for “our common civilization, for our values,” a former Israeli envoy to the United States warns.
“The enemy we’re fighting against is an enemy that detests everything that you stand for, everything that we stand for,” Michael Oren, who served as Israeli ambassador to the U.S. during the Obama administration, told The Daily Signal following a Memorial Day commemoration event in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
More than 18 months have passed since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 men, women, and children hostage.
“And if that enemy wins, then the West, and America’s part of that West … will be in jeopardy,” Oren said.
Oren served as the Israeli ambassador to the U.S. from 2009 to 2013, and is author of a number of books,…
