The worst thing about a war is not to fight it, but to lose it. That’s why all of the well-meaning calls for the United States to pursue an immediate ceasefire in the fighting between Israel and Hamas are dangerously misguided — and why the Biden administration has been right to refuse them. A ceasefire now would only lead to more war and more killing in the future. 

At this moment, Hamas and Iran are winning this war, with Hamas mounting a shocking surprise attack on Israel and slaughtering 1,300 Israelis — including deliberately murdering infants, children, women and elderly. 

In so doing, they have set back the cause of peace between Israelis and Palestinians, eliminated any prospect of a more moderate Palestinian leadership emerging to challenge them, blocked the rapprochement between Israel and the Arab states, and driven a wedge between the United States and its Arab allies.  

Read more in The Hill  here.