Hamas leaves Israel no choice
Israel will not allow the lives of its citizens to be endangered. If only Gaza’s leaders felt the same.
By DFM Danny Ayalon, the Guardian
Hamas’s charter includes the aspiration that “The Day of Judgment will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews (killing the Jews)”. While many concentrate on its death-cult worship, its bloodthirsty killing of adversaries, or its contempt for women, Christians and homosexuals, it is this aspiration for genocide that is at the root of Hamas activities. This is the primary reason why Hamas, the governing regime in Gaza, will never recognise or accept a peace accord with Israel in any form.
Since Israel left Gaza in 2005, thousands of rockets have rained down on Israeli cities and towns in deliberate contravention not just of international law, but all humanity and morality. While some might suggest the so-calledblockade is the cause of the attacks, it is actually a consequence. The restrictions were only implemented two years after Israel left Gaza, when it was clear that instead of building a “Singapore of the Middle East”, Hamas was interested in importing stockpiles of weapons from places like Iran. Instead of building a future for its people, Hamas built an open-air prison for the million and a half inhabitants who fell into its grasp.
However, Gaza was never enough for an organisation whose raison d’etre is the annihilation of Israel, and whose charter begins with the ominous warning that “Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it”.
Every rocket from Gaza is a double war crime. First, the rockets are aimed at civilians; second, they are fired from built-up civilian areas, often close to schools, mosques and hospitals. And about 10% of Hamas rockets fired from Gaza don’t reach Israel, exploding in Gaza. Mohammed Sadallah – a four-year-old killed on Saturday, his body displayed in a press conference with Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’s leader – was, according to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, most likely killed by an errant Hamas rocket.
Hamas leaders frequently declare that their people actively seek death. Fathi Hamad, a senior member of Hamas, stated in 2008 that “for the Palestinian people, death became an industry, at which women and children excel. Accordingly we created a human shield of women, children and elderly. We seek death as you [Israelis] desire life.”
Hamas seeks conflagration and war. Death and destruction is seen as a win-win calculation, as any Israeli death is considered a glorious achievement and every Palestinian death that of a “holy martyr”, providing badly needed propaganda locally and internationally. Seemingly there are not enough deaths for them, so Hamas’s military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, has been busy sending out pictures of massacres in Syria, claiming they were taken in Gaza.
Israel has been left with little choice but to root out this nest of hate and destruction. No nation on earth would allow a third of its population to live in constant fear of incessant fire emanating from a neighbouring territory. Our government exercised restraint. We gave the international community time to act. However, there was a deafening silence, demonstrating to Israelis that we had to take action to protect our citizens.
Those who refused to condemn the attacks on Israeli citizens have no right to condemn Israel’s response to establish peace and quiet for its citizens. This is the basic obligation of any sovereign nation, and we will continue taking any action necessary to achieve this aim.
In the face of this undeniable truth, the usual accusation is that Israel is responding with “disproportionate force” or carrying out “collective punishment”. I urge all who make this accusation to consider that Israel has successfully targeted in excess of 1,300 weapons caches, rocket launchers and other elements of Hamas’s terrorist infrastructure. Yet despite this, the number of Palestinian casualties remains around one for every 13 strikes, the majority killed being active members of Hamas and combatants.
Israel will not allow its citizens’ lives to be endangered. The international community must call on the Palestinian leadership in the Gaza Strip to take the same approach with its own people.
The “fascistic mass media” (EU + US)do not care about the facts. The underdog, if it was Hitler or Genghis Khan, would be their favorite! Most could easily join and integrate easily and nicely the communist party of the USSR or the “Khmer Rouge”. They are lackey of the far left.
Dean Said:
This is the bizarre and incredible truth.
Duh, I’m a terror leader in Gaza. Duh, I hate Jews. Duh, I will fire rockets to kill Jews. Duh, they are stronger than we are but we are savages who don’t give a shit about our lives or theirs. Duh, Jews care about human life, that is their greatest weakness. Duh, our people will get killed. Duh, I don’t care about our people, I care about jihad, Allah, Mohammad and virgins and martyrs. Duh, Israel and the world ignore of the depth of our evil and think we share their human qualities and so they will stop the Jews from victory. Duh, the Jews will listen to world opinion. Duh, we never listen to world opinion, the world listens to us no matter how barbaric we are. Duh, Europe, the USA, Israel and the UN will finance our rebuilding. Duh, we can get lots more better missiles from Iran and Libya during the hudna. Duh, we can pull this stunt over and over again, isn’t it fun? Duh, I am now in Egypt with my bud Morsi because I let women and children die for the cause (as I live in comfort) where we placed the missile launchers in their backyards, mosques, schools and hospitals. Duh, my name is Shite for Bhrains.
I hate the unnatural death of any human being (be it Jews, Arabs, etc.)In the face of unceasing conflict or/and war by Palestinians, what could Israel do? Options: 1) Win the war militarily as quickly as possible; or 2) Accept a pressure from other countries for a temporary peace and put its citizen in danger for an indefinite time (may be until Messiah comes). The Arabs/Muslims believe that they can “defeat” Israel. If their desire cannot be achieved, they would be forced to question their religious belief. It seems to me there won’t be peace between Israel and Arabs until one of them gets a decisive victory. Every country in the world works for its own benefit. Israel has existed and will continue to exist because of its courageous people with indomitable spirit and the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The world we live in would like to align itself with a winner. If Israel retreats now because of outside pressures like in the past, it will face a more determined enemy with a better sophisticated war machines sooner or later. My humble opinion is for Israel not to postpone its problems unless she gets a better deal in the current negotiations being mediated by Egypt, USA and Turkey.
Saw one of BB’s close flunkies Katz, try to explain how a ceasefire agreement being readied between Israel Hamas and Egypt was very successful and how much we hurt Hamas. The Spin-Meisters are preparing their talking points. I think this timethe people of Israel will not let them get away with it unscathed.
Reserve soldiers who rushed to the Gaza border, leaving behind families and work or university studies, tell reporters at one of the Hebrew dailies that they’re itching for action. It would be a shame to have spent four days on edge, preparing for combat, only to be sent home in a ceasefire that may not even last, they say; and if they are sent home, they add, they will be hesitant to report for service the next time they receive emergency call-up orders.
My advice to Israel’s leadership and supporters is:
“Never complain and never explain.”
Benjamin Disraeli
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will spend today and tomorrow in the region, according to a press release from the US State Dept.
During her visit to Jerusalem, Ramallah and Cairo, Clinton will “build on American engagement with regional leaders over the past days – including intensive engagement by President Obama with PM Netanyahu and President Morsi – to support deescalation of violence and a durable outcome that ends the rocket attacks on Israeli cities and towns and restores a broader calm.”
Clinton praised Egypt’s role in the mediation efforts and said that she will “emphasize the United States’ interest in a peaceful outcome that protects and enhances Israel’s security and regional stability; that can lead to improved conditions for the civilian residents of Gaza; and that can reopen the path to fulfill the aspirations of Palestinians and Israelis for two states living in peace and security.”
Many talk of Israel’s inhumane blockade of food and medical supplies. If Israel’s blockade is
so effective, how come Hamas was able to bring in 10-11,000 rockets to fire at Israel’s citizens.
Not hard to figure that Hamas is the one keeping food and medical supplies from its own citizens. Someone
should publicly call them on that. If they can bring in that many rockets, they can bring in
help for their people.
Let’s take them at their word and help them along!
It’s good to see articles like this published- the start of telling the truth about the reversal of victimhood. I’d be interested in knowing where else this article was published- if at all. Can we send it to the NY Times?