{"id":2064346,"date":"2023-10-12T03:45:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T07:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/response-to-israel-attacks-can-bring-divided-people-together-rep-jim-costa\/"},"modified":"2023-10-12T03:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T07:48:56","slug":"response-to-israel-attacks-can-bring-divided-people-together-rep-jim-costa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/response-to-israel-attacks-can-bring-divided-people-together-rep-jim-costa\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Jim Costa believes Israel attacks can unite divided people."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fresponse-to-israel-attacks-can-bring-divided-people-together-rep-jim-costa%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2064346&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>The Recent Attacks in Israel: A Moment of Division and Potential Unity<\/h2>\n<p>The recent attacks\u2063 against\u2063 Israel \u200chave come at a time of\u200d division across Israeli \u2064society, but Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.) says the moment could ultimately bring the Israeli people \u200btogether.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Crisis \u200doftentimes \u2063has\u200c a \u200bway of bringing\u200d people together. Certainly in Israel, this crisis is with a lot of contention and division \u200cwithin that\u200d country,&#8221;\u2063 Mr.\u200d Costa told NTD&#8217;s &#8220;Capitol \u200cReport&#8221;\u2064 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2062 has undergone five elections\u2064 in the span of four years, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coming in and out of\u2063 power, while also facing corruption\u200c allegations. Mr. Netanyahu once again returned to power in December, after Israel&#8217;s November 2022 elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n    <!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/hamas-seeks-to-spark-regional-conflict-against-israel-expert-5508555?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hamas \u200bSeeks to Spark Regional Conflict Against Israel: Expert<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/11\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/hamas-seeks-to-spark-regional-conflict-against-israel-expert-5508555?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/global-imams-council-condemns-extremist-and-violent-rhetoric-at-global-rallies-5508008?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Global Imams Council Condemns\u2064 &#8216;Violent Rhetoric&#8217; at Pro-Hamas Rallies\u2062 Around the World<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/11\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/global-imams-council-condemns-extremist-and-violent-rhetoric-at-global-rallies-5508008?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!--\/$-->\n  <\/div>\n<p>On Wednesday, amid the ongoing fighting between Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) \u200band Palestinian\u200c terrorists, Mr.\u2063 Netanyahu&#8217;s Likud party reached an agreement with Israel&#8217;s National Unity party to form an emergency unity government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s a \u2062real strong \u2063note of strength that Israel&#8217;s coming together \u200bwith their divisions,&#8221; Mr. Costa said.<\/p>\n<p>Like the Israeli government, Mr. Costa\u200c said \u200cDemocrats and Republicans also have an \u200copportunity to show bipartisanship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n    <!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!--\/$-->\n  <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe in the same fashion, the divisions we have here in this country, \u200cthis crisis gives us an opportunity to remind ourselves that what we share in\u2064 common is democracies,&#8221; Mr. Costa said. &#8220;I believe that we&#8217;re going to see \u200dstrong support from \u2063the \u200dCongress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Congress \u200cis currently divided between a Democrat-controlled Senate and a Republican-controlled \u200dHouse of Representatives. \u2062The House Republican conference \u200dalso remains divided following the ouster of House Speaker\u2062 Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and \u200bthe efforts to find \u2063a lasting replacement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">In a Tuesday White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/10\/10\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-terrorist-attacks-in-israel-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">address<\/a> on the\u2063 Israel attacks, President \u200cJoe Biden announced he would soon ask Congress &#8220;to take urgent action to fund the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-army-falls-25-short-of-recruitment-targets\/\" title=\"U.S. Army Falls 25% Short of Recruitment Targets\">national security requirements<\/a> of our critical partners.&#8221;\u200c Though the specifics of \u200dthese U.S. funding\u2064 actions are still unclear, Mr. \u200cCosta predicted the requests will \u200breceive <strong>overwhelming bipartisan support.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Some Republicans have raised objections to\u200c other recent foreign aid requests, such as new\u200b rounds of defense\u200b spending for Ukraine. On Sept.\u200d 28, 117 House Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/2023503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a> \u2064against\u200c a $300 \u200cmillion aid\u200c package for \u200cUkraine, while 101 \u200cHouse Republicans joined \u2063210 House Democrats to support the aid spending.<\/div>\n<p>Ahead of his motion\u200c to oust Mr. McCarthy from the speakership, \u2064Rep. Matt\u200b Gaetz (R-Fla.) raised allegations \u2064that Mr.\u200b McCarthy struck a \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-group-is-poised-to-sue-the-biden-administration-to-stop-a-new-iran-nuclear-deal\/\" title=\"This Group Is Poised To Sue the Biden Administration To Stop a New Iran Nuclear Deal\">secret side deal<\/a> with\u2062 Democrats to pass a new Ukraine spending package.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">While many House Republicans have affirmed\u200c their support\u200c for Israel, it remains \u200bto be seen if\u200c Congress will link \u200caid for\u2062 Ukraine and Israel together and \u200chow lawmakers will respond. <\/p>\n<h2>US Carrier &#8216;Warmed the Heart of Every Israeli&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p> Though Israel may see additional \u2063measures\u200d of U.S. support,\u200c the Biden administration has\u2064 already \u200dtaken some steps to position \u200dnew U.S. \u2064military\u2062 assets in the region.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">The U.S. Department\u200d of Defense\u200b has ordered the USS \u2062Gerald R. \u200dFord \u200bCarrier Strike Group \u2063to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/pentagon-chief-says-us-military-will-send-ships-closer-to-israel-5506178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reposition\u200c to the eastern Mediterranean Sea<\/a>, placing the carrier\u2019s \u2062airwing\u200b and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/response-to-israel-attacks-can-bring-divided-people-together-rep-jim-costa\/\" title=\"Rep. Jim Costa believes Israel attacks can unite divided people.\">supporting guided missile \u2063cruisers<\/a> and destroyers closer to Israel\u2019s shoreline. \u2063Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has also ordered the U.S. Air Force \u200dto deploy additional F-35, F-15, F-16, and A-10 fighter aircraft squadrons \u200cto bases \u200bin the\u2064 region.<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;One must mention the great armada that\u2063 is\u200c reaching our shores, \u2062the \u200cAmerican aircraft carrier and the rest \u2063of \u200bthe fleet, which by the way, warmed the heart\u2063 of every Israeli \u200chere,&#8221; \u2062retired\u200d Israeli Air \u2062Force Col. Uri Dromi told &#8220;Capitol Report&#8221; on \u2064Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Dromi, who served in \u200cthe \u200bAir Force until 2003\u200b and founded the Jerusalem Press Club, said the Israeli people are &#8220;really showing their strengths and resolution, and \u200bpeople are coming together.&#8221; \u2063Mr. Dromi also expressed hope at the news that the Likud and \u2062National Unity parties had formed an emergency \u2063governing majority.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a\u2064 lot of shows of solidarity, camaraderie. The\u2062 soldiers \u2062are there, you know, near the\u200d Gaza Strip, \u200cready to go to action,&#8221; Mr. Dromi said. &#8220;So there is\u2014after the first few days\u200d of confusion, humiliation, shock if you will\u2014we&#8217;re coming back \u2064together and we&#8217;re ready to\u200c do business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The retired Israeli Air Force\u200b colonel said the Israeli military remains wary after the Oct. 7\u2063 attacks from\u200c Gaza, but \u200cpredicted the Israeli military\u200b has \u2064the \u2063resources to carry out the retaliatory strikes in Gaza and respond to potential attacks from the north\u200b carried out by Hezbollah terrorists from\u2062 Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re strong. We suffered a blow but we\u2063 are &#8230; in business,&#8221; Mr. Dromi said. &#8220;I think Hamas miscalculated big time and now they&#8217;re bringing \u2063on their\u2062 own people devastation, and it will \u200bnot stop until Hamas is really \u2062stripped \u2062of its ability to \u200bdo this to Israel again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Israeli \u200bmilitary forces have conducted extensive \u200cstrikes throughout Gaza as part of what they&#8217;ve \u2063dubbed &#8220;Operation Swords of Iron.\u201d Israeli forces have placed additional \u2063pressure on\u2063 the Gaza Strip, cutting \u2064off the flow of\u200d water \u200band electricity to the city.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">As of Wednesday, Gaza\u2019s health ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/%f0%9f%9a%a8-gaza-ministry-of-health-update-wed-1230-11-october-2023-gaza-1055-palestinians-killed-since-start-of-escalation-on-morning-of-7-october-and-5184-citizens-were-injured\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">placed<\/a> preliminary casualty assessments at 1,055 people killed\u200d and more than 5,000 wounded as\u2064 a result \u200dof Israeli strikes\u2062 on Gaza.\u200c The United Nations has also \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unocha.org\/news\/todays-top-news-occupied-palestinian-territory-afghanistan-niger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">placed<\/a> the number of Gaza\u200b residents displaced by the Israeli strikes at around 263,000 \u200bas of Wednesday afternoon.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">The Israeli \u2064government estimates at least\u2062 1,200 Israelis have died and\u200b more than 2,700 have \u200cbeen wounded since \u2064Hamas\u2063 launched its attacks on Oct. 7. Tourists from several other nations have been wounded and\u2064 killed in the Hamas attacks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/22-american-citizens-confirmed-killed-in-israel-hamas-war-5508385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including at least 22 Americans<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\"><em>From \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntd.com\/congress-must-come-together-to-show-strong-support-for-israel-rep-jim-costa_947338.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NTD \u2063News<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200dHow can alliances based on fundamental principles of freedom and democracy help resolve the problems\u200c faced by\u2064 nations during times of crisis?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  A said. &#8220;And that the \u2063alliances \u200dthat we\u2064 have, and the friendship that\u2063 we have across the world, are \u200bbased\u2064 on \u200bfundamental principles of freedom and democracy. And \u2063if we can work together,\u2062 we can resolve many of the problems that\u2062 we \u200cface.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The recent attacks in Israel have resulted \u2063in immense loss\u200c of life and destruction. The ongoing conflict between\u200c Israeli Defense \u200cForces\u2064 and Palestinian\u200b terrorists has led to a moment of division within Israeli society. However, \u2062amidst this crisis,\u200c there is the potential for \u2063unity and the coming together of\u200d the Israeli people.<\/p>\n<p>Representative Jim Costa, a \u200bDemocrat from California, believes that crises often have a way of\u2063 bringing \u2064people together. Despite the contention and\u2062 division within the country, he sees the\u200d current situation as an opportunity \u2063for \u2064the Israeli people to unite.\u200c In his interview with NTD&#8217;s\u200d &#8220;Capitol Report,&#8221;\u2064 Mr.\u200b Costa\u200b emphasized the strength \u200bin\u2062 Israel&#8217;s ability to form \u200can emergency unity government amid the fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has experienced a significant amount of political instability in recent years, with five elections occurring within a span of\u200c four years. Prime Minister Benjamin \u200bNetanyahu has faced corruption allegations and has come in and out of power. However, in December, he once again returned to power after Israel&#8217;s November 2022 \u2063elections. This ongoing political upheaval has contributed to the divisions\u2064 within Israeli society.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these divisions, Mr. Costa believes that\u2063 the unity government formed\u2064 by Likud and Israel&#8217;s National Unity party \u2063is a strong indication that Israel is coming together. This unity in the face\u200d of crisis is a testament to the resilience \u2064and determination of the Israeli\u2063 people.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the potential for unity within \u200dIsrael, Mr. Costa also highlights the opportunity for \u200cbipartisanship in the United States. He suggests that, just like \u200bin Israel, Democrats and Republicans can find common ground and\u200b work together\u2064 to address the challenges they face as a nation. This crisis serves as a reminder that, despite political differences, the shared values of freedom and democracy are \u2064the foundation of their alliance.<\/p>\n<p>It\u200b is crucial for nations around the world to come together \u2063in \u200ctimes of crisis.\u2064 The recent attacks in Israel serve as a reminder that peace and stability are\u2062 essential for the well-being of \u2062all nations. \u2062By fostering unity and collaboration, countries can overcome the challenges they face and work \u2062towards resolving\u2064 conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>As the Israeli people continue to navigate this difficult period, it is essential that they find common ground and stand united against the forces that seek to divide \u200cthem. The moment of division they currently face \u200bcan ultimately become an opportunity for unity and strength. Only by coming together can the Israeli people overcome this crisis and build a brighter future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Costa, a representative from California, believes that the recent attacks on Israel could potentially unite the Israeli people despite the existing divisions within their society. 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