Hudson Institute will always stand with Israel, President and CEO John P. Walters said following Hamas’s barbaric assault against Israeli civilians.

This week, Hudson’s Presidential Speech Series featured two candidates, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota, who expressed staunch support for the Jewish State. Key quotations and more analysis by Hudson Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East Director Michael Doran are below.

Key Insights

1. To give Israel the support it needs to destroy Hamas, rebuild the arsenal of democracy. 

“We need a policy of strength and leadership. Number one, we need to rescue the American hostages and get them out and back home. Period. . . . Number two, Hamas needs to be wiped from the face of the earth. . . . When I’m in the Oval Office, if Israel finds itself needing anything, one phone call to my White House is all it will take. When America’s allies need to reload, the arsenal of democracy has to be stocked and ready.”

— Senator Tim Scott

2. Iran is a key part of an anti-American axis along with Russia and China. Degrading this axis keeps Americans safe.

“We’ve been naïve—and I’m not sure how you’re naive with Iran, by the way. Iran is, in my estimation, [part of] the new axis of evil that’s rising. It’s Russia, China, and Iran. . . . Every time we degrade the Russian military, we keep more Americans safe.”

— Senator Tim Scott

3. Hamas is a proxy of Iran, and war in Israel is war on the United States.

“This is Iran’s war on Israel and it’s a war on America. Hamas is a proxy of Iran. We need to put an end to Joe Biden’s Iran appeasement immediately, locking down all the money that he’s made available to Iran over these past few months. Not just the last $6 billion, but all of it.”

— Governor Doug Burgum

4. To fight inflation and take power away from foreign dictators, restore American energy security.

“The thing that would lower costs to help stabilize the world, take power away from dictators, and help clean up our environment: that would be American-made energy. We make it cleaner, safer, smarter, and better than anywhere else in the world. And when the Biden administration attacks US energy, it doesn’t lower demand. It just takes away supply, which drives the price up, and that supply gets filled by foreign entities that don’t care about the environment.”

— Governor Doug Burgum

Quotes may be edited for clarity and length. 

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