https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/10/chuck-hagel-is-a-true-friend-of-israel/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:08:21 -0400<![CDATA[Anyone who believes that Israel&#8217;s future is secured by shedding itself of occupation and working to establish a viable Palestinian state cannot doubt that the true friends of Israel are those prepared to act as a sort of loyal opposition in telling its governments, as they move ever further to the right, that they are endangering the future of the Jewish state with the perpetual expansion of settlements, the disparaging of Palestinian leaders committed to a negotiated two-state solution, the attempts to make it all but impossible for East Jerusalem to be the capital of an independent Palestine, and by maintaining the oppression of another people in a way that increasingly eats at Israel&#8217;s claim to be democratic.]]>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:40:23 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/10/chuck-hagel-is-a-true-friend-of-israel-n99112