Hamas is the worst enemy of the Palestinian people
Washington Examiner
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“How many more killings is enough for you?” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) shouted at a reporter questioning her call for Israel to cease firing on Hamas targets in Gaza. “Is it a thousand more? Two thousand more? Three thousand? How many more Palestinians would make you happy if they died?”
The right answer is zero.
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Ideally, Hamas would surrender today and no more civilians would have to die.
It’s been said before, but the logic seems to escape defenders of Hamas. If Hamas laid down its weapons today, there would be no more violence. If Israel laid down its weapons today, there would be no more Israel.
It is Hamas alone that chose to endanger Gazan and Israeli civilians. From his air-conditioned luxury hotel in Doha, Qatar, Hamas chairman Khaled Mashal admitted it on television last week.
“This kind of attack Hamas carried out is not a regular operation. It is more like a declaration of war,” Rasha Nabil of Al Arabiya told Mashal. “So some people ask what [was] expected would be the Israeli reaction,” she continued. “We are watching the great human tragedy that is unfolding in the Gaza Strip. The people of Gaza woke up to this … the people of Gaza were not consulted about this.”
After explaining that a surprise attack of this magnitude had to be kept secret for strategic reasons, Mashal then explained that sacrifices from civilians were expected. “Dear sister, nations are not easily liberated,” Mashal responded.
“The Russians sacrificed 30 million people in World War II in order to liberate it from Hitler’s attack,” Mashal continued. “The Vietnamese sacrificed 3.5 million people until they defeated the Americans. Afghanistan sacrificed millions of martyrs to defeat the USSR and then the United States. The Algerian people sacrificed 6 million martyrs over 130 years. … No nation is liberated without sacrifices.”
Millions. That’s how many Palestinian lives Hamas is willing to sacrifice to achieve its goal. What happens if it does? Does the killing of innocent civilians stop then? Of course not. If Hamas ever prevailed over the Israel Defense Force, there would be more civilian slaughter. There are more than 7 million Jews in Israel and everyone knows Hamas would not rest until they were all dead or gone.
There are hundreds of ways Hamas could minimize civilian deaths in Gaza. It could let Gazans leave instead of bombing their convoys going south. It could stop stealing international humanitarian aid sent for civilians. It could stop shooting rockets from schools and hospitals.
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It could, after being elected back in 2007 (after which, of course, it has not allowed any more elections), not have destroyed the Gaza Strip, which was handed over to Palestinians intact and functioning two years earlier. It could have dropped its commitment to destroy Israel and murder Jews, thus avoiding an Israeli blockade made necessary for security reasons, and allowed its people to thrive. It did not do so and has no intention of doing so. It is the enemy of the people it tyrannizes.
Hamas will never try to govern responsibly. It is trying to maximize the deaths of its own citizens, not just of Israelis. That is why Israel cannot stop fighting until Hamas is defeated. The best thing for Palestinians would be for Israel to achieve complete victory over Hamas as swiftly as possible.