After the highly publicized execution of six long-time hostages by the terrorist group Hamas, we were impressed with the courage and clear-sightedness of Danny Dannon, who recently fired several verbal jabs at U.S. President Joe Biden for the latter’s criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by alleging Netanyahu has not done enough to get a ceasefire  

Indeed, on the broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” on Sept. 3, Israel’s ambassador to the U.N., Danny Danon, responded to Biden’s aforementioned criticism of Netanyahu by stating that “‘we expect our ally, the U.S., to say, very clearly, Hamas is to be blamed for the fact we don’t have a deal today’ in the wake of Hamas killing multiple Israeli hostages and an (Israeli-)American hostage,” Breitbart.com reported later Sept. 3.

Specifically, Danon said, “It’s very simple — the blame is on Hamas, period. You cannot blame Netanyahu or the Israelis. Hamas always say[s] no. In May, President Biden put a deal on the table. We said yes, Hamas said no. In August, the same happened. So, blaming us the day that we are grieving after the brutal execution of six young Israelis, including the American boy, think about that, he was in captivity for almost 11 months, tortured, he was wounded, and he was executed...

“I saw the videos, … and thinking about the moments those boys and girls were waiting and actually knew that they were going to execute them, those are savages, they are the ones to be blamed. And we expect our ally, the U.S., to say, very clearly, Hamas is to be blamed for the fact we don’t have a deal today.”

At that point, co-host Brian Kilmeade asked, “How about the fact that we’re trying to run the war from here, telling, for the longest time, not to go into Rafah? Do you think that helps or hurts?”

Danon responded (according to Breitbart), “I think it hurts the interests of the U.S., because the U.S. wanted us to finish the war as soon as possible. I think we have to finish the war, not to end the war. We have to finish the war and the finish of the war will be the end of Hamas, period. We will not allow Hamas to stay in power.”

For staying the course in destroying Hamas, we say “bravo” to Netanyahu, Israel’s tough, visionary chief; and to Dannon, for jabbing “beach bum” Biden.