As some western nations have threatened Israel with economic actions if they do not cease their renewed military operations in Gaza, former mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat told Newsmax on Tuesday that “if the world wants the war to stop in Gaza, the pressure must be put on Hamas.”
“They must surrender their weapons, bring us our hostages back, and the war will be over in a minute,” Barkat said during an appearance on “Wake Up America.” “The [Hamas] terrorists are hiding behind civilians.
“The pressure the world must put is not on Israel, it’s on the terrorists that we are fighting,“
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