{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.tillis.senate.gov/2023/11/tillis-op-ed-here-s-why-those-demanding-israeli-cease-fire-are-either-naive-or-hateful", "Tillis Op-Ed: Here\u2019s why those demanding Israeli cease-fire are either \u2018naive\u2019 or \u2018hateful\u2019", "2023-11-13", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "Senate", "NC", "Thom Tillis", "T000476", "www.tillis.senate.gov", "tillis", "https://www.tillis.senate.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Fox News published an op-ed by Senator Thom Tillis calling out radical antisemitism and urging Americans to unite in their support for Israel following the horrific attacks by Hamas against innocent Israelis on October 7th.\n\nRead the full op-ed HERE.\n\nTillis on why a cease-fire would not work:\n\n\u201cMost Americans calling for a cease-fire are sincere in not wanting to see more innocent civilians lose their lives. This is a fair position; however, it is not a realistic one, especially if the end goal is to truly save lives and end the cycle of violence in the Middle East. The only way a cease-fire could ever work is if Hamas safely returns every single hostage, surrenders and surrenders its arsenal of weapons. Hamas has made it clear that is not going to happen. Simply put, you cannot have a cease-fire with a terrorist organization like Hamas. Nothing they say or do can be trusted.\u201d\n\nTillis on antisemitism motivating some Americans' opposition to Israel:\n\n\u201cWhen it comes to the other group of Americans who are demanding a cease-fire from a place of hate, this kind of logic doesn\u2019t apply. They don\u2019t care about Israeli lives or Jewish lives. Forget about believing that Israel doesn\u2019t have a right to defend itself \u2013 they don\u2019t even believe Israel has a right to exist....Moving forward, we cannot allow these radical voices to succeed in their attempt to normalize antisemitism in America.\u201d\n\nTillis on supporting Israel and fighting antisemitism:\n\n\u201cThe only two nations in recent history that have consistently welcomed Jews and provided them with a safe home are Israel and the United States. The only way that can be preserved is by destroying Hamas and rooting out antisemitism here at home. Throughout history, we have seen the tragic consequences of what happens when antisemitism is allowed to metastasize. It can never happen again.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:01:09Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.tillis.senate.gov/2023/11/tillis-op-ed-here-s-why-those-demanding-israeli-cease-fire-are-either-naive-or-hateful"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1884719133377075, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}