Peace will come when Hamas is defeated. If Europe insists on saving Hamas, Europe will pay the price.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar put it bluntly: “Israel will not let the armed jihadists of Hamas be 1 mile from our children’s beds.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “We are Athens and Sparta. But we’re going to be Athens and super-Sparta.” The message could not be clearer. Hamas must surrender. The hostages must come home. Israel will not apologize for defending itself.
Yet the international media would have you believe otherwise. Their headlines shout accusations of cruelty, conquest and expansion. But the humanitarian pose conceals a refusal to answer the real question: Why this war? Are Jews simply presumed guilty for wanting to live? The truth is far from the caricature. Two IDF divisions, advancing with caution, launched a partial entry into Gaza City after months of preparation and years of debate with Washington. The purpose is not conquest, but to separate civilians from terrorists, force Hamas into submission and rescue the captives.
In Jerusalem, Sen. Marco Rubio endorsed Israel’s goals before flying to Doha to explore a possible deal. But in the global arena, the very idea of defeating Hamas is absent. Instead, Israel faces condemnation. Another United Nations resolution—authored by Navi Pillay, a professional practitioner of anti-Israel bias—accuses the Jewish state of genocide. (Read More)