Commentary: There is no such thing as ‘good people on both sides’ when it comes to terrorism

I’m a state legislator, and foreign affairs are not typically my focus. More often, I work to increase health care access, reform our gun laws and reduce our pension debt. But Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack against Israel irrevocably changed everything — including leading me to speak out in response to my friends in the progressive circles I usually inhabit.

A conflict more than 6,000 miles away seems complicated or like it’s someone else’s problem. But there’s a simple point people have missed. There is no such