American Experts Go Toe-to-Toe With Scholars ‘Across the Pond’ on Israel-Hamas War

For Israel’s part, Greenway continued, Jerusalem will risk European sanctions and restrictions to ensure it is secure in the region, “and the United States will support them in the pursuit of this,” he said. Noticing expressions of disagreement from Greenway and Ilan Berman, senior vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council and the other American on the panel, moderator Buzanski asked for response, but not before noting that “ethnic cleansing” and a “war crime” are occurring in Gaza. “If October the 6 was an untenable position, the solution was not October the 7,” Greenway said, adding that the very communities who lived near the border of Gaza in Israel and who were attacked on Oct. 7 were considered the greatest supporters of the two-state solution.

Author: Virginia Allen

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