“Israel is fighting Iran on every front, so that America doesn’t have to.”

In this episode, I sit down with Prof. Eugene Kontorovich, one of the world’s preeminent experts on the Israeli–Arab conflict, and a professor of international and constitutional law at George Mason University. We get an update on the situation in Gaza and the current status of the war, and try to separate fact from fiction.

“Israel is ready to win this war. If Joe Biden had not told Israel, ‘Stand down. Don’t take out Rafah,’ this war would have already been over. Israel is weeks away from winning this war. There’s one last battle to be fought. And then Joe Biden has basically turned on a red light,” says Prof. Kontorovich. “Israel does not want a repeat of Joe Biden’s Afghanistan in Gaza, right, with Hamas taking over again.”

Is Israel on the verge of victory, or could this be another forever war? Is Biden helping Israel, or hindering it? And who should control Gaza after the war? Is a two-state solution really viable?

“Hamas shoots civilians trying to escape the conflict. Why? Because they need them in Gaza to serve as their own human shields,” says Prof. Kontorovich. “Every time President Biden says ‘We should have a Palestinian state,’ he’s teaching Hamas and other Islamic terrorists: The way to get what you want is murder babies.”

Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.