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On the solemn anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre, Senator John Fetterman used his platform on The Record with Greta Van Susteren to underline a simple but unforgiving truth: Israel deserves both our sympathy and our steadfast support as it seeks to secure its people and return hostages. The senator’s remarks were rooted in recent visits to the region and meetings with Israeli officials and families still grieving and waiting for answers.
Fetterman did not mince words about Iran’s role in the region or the tactical moment Israel faces, calling this a once-in-a-generation opening to blunt theocratic aggression and weaken nuclear ambitions that threaten the West. He even expressed willingness to partner with Israel on measures to degrade Iran’s strike capabilities, a realism about deterrence too few in Washington are willing to say aloud.
He also blasted the performative elements of the so-called “Free Palestine” movement and the sections of his own party that have drifted toward equivocation, arguing that some activists have normalized rhetoric that borders on celebrating terror. Those comments followed a string of violent incidents and a steady drumbeat of rhetoric that has put ordinary people and diplomats at real risk, turning solidarity into a dangerous movement rather than a pathway to peace.
This isn’t mere partisan posturing; it’s about the lives of hostages and the security of an ally that stands between free people and radical regimes. Israeli leaders continue to press for concrete action to secure remaining hostages and to prevent further attacks, a grim reminder that moral clarity must be backed by strategic resolve.
Fetterman also raised the uncomfortable truth that much of Hamas’s funding has flowed through charitable channels that went unchecked, and that cutting those financial lifelines is a practical necessity if diplomacy and pressure are to succeed. Stopping the money and the propaganda that fuels terror will require bipartisan muscle, tougher enforcement, and a willingness to confront uncomfortable home-front realities.
If there is to be a real and lasting peace, it will come from strength, not appeasement; from unambiguous support for victims rather than equivocation in the face of barbarism. Washington’s response in the coming months will show whether leaders choose to back freedom and security or retreat into the same dithering that has invited aggression in the past.
