Yet Israel’s critics believe it should be the exception. Why would they deny Israel the right to defend itself, a right any sovereign nation would expect? Simply put, they believe it would somehow secure peace.
The absurdity of this idea is clear when you consider what this would mean for the aggressor – Hamas. They broke the ceasefire in launching last month’s attacks. And now one of their leading lights, Ghazi Hamad, has declared today that they have “the determination, the resolve and the capabilities to fight.”
He made clear that “everything we do is justified” because “Israel is a country that has no place on our land”.
He added: “We must remove that country because it constitutes a security, military and political catastrophe to the Arab and Islamic nations, and must be finished.”
In effect, a ceasefire would leave Israel vulnerable to the same terrorists who struck before, and have made clear they remain able and willing to strike again.
Hamad is no rogue operator. He is part of Hamas’ leadership and representing their core belief that Israel should be wiped off the face of the map. Their founding charter makes that only too clear, billing Hamas as “one of the links in the chain of the struggle against the Zionist invaders” and that the Day of Judgement will not come until the Muslims fight and kill the Jews.
Laid out in such stark terms, it is no surprise that the Left prefer to talk about anything else such as the tragic fallout of Israel’s response.
