A “ceasefire existed for years until Oct. 7, and look what happened," @EliavBenjamin says.

"Hamas armed itself, funded itself, trained itself to the extent of the atrocities that we saw on Oct. 7.” pic.twitter.com/DUmvoT96yX

— Virginia Allen (@Virginia_Allen5) November 13, 2023

Despite calls from the United Nations and others for a “humanitarian truce” between Israel and Hamas, Israeli Embassy official Eliav Benjamin says, “Nobody in Israel is talking about a cease-fire at this point.” Benjamin adds that there is “zero appetite for that.”

Benjamin, deputy chief of mission at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, told The Daily Signal during an interview there Monday that a “cease-fire existed for years until Oct. 7, and look what happened.” …

“Hamas armed itself, funded itself, trained itself to the extent of the atrocities that we saw on Oct. 7,” Benjamin said.

[Israel clearly learned the lesson of 10/7. Too bad the West hasn’t. — Ed]