Reaffirming the Right of Israel to Exist in the Face of Hamas Attacks in Gaza
The only thing Hamas likes better than dead Israelis is dead Palestinians
Any cease-fire must include cast-iron guarantees. They must decisively end the smuggling of arms, largely through the tunnels from Egypt. They must ensure that the firing of rockets will stop—not just for now but for good. That means the guarantees must leave open not the remotest chance that Hamas can be rearmed. Otherwise, as the National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley put it, the cease-fire would be "a prescription for the resumption of hostilities at some point in the future."
Hamas, in short, must be made to fail and be seen to fail. Israel is not trying to take over Gaza; it is trying to protect itself from Gaza. It is trying to preserve the possibility of a Mideast peace process. If the international community will not permit Israel to respond to ceaseless terrorism launched from land from which Israel has withdrawn, it ends any hopes for a two-state solution. What incentive would Israel have to withdraw from the West Bank were it to become a launching pad for terrorism? Hamas will fight tooth and nail to retain this terrorist option. That is why it must be defanged.
The Middle East conflict must also be framed on a bigger canvas. It is not just about creating a Palestinian state. It is also about preventing the region's takeover by radical Islam, especially Iran, which has co-opted Hamas and Hezbollah. If Hamas is successful in manipulating world opinion to impose a premature cease-fire, it will proclaim victory and continue its murderous ways. Iran and the radical Islamists are out to destroy Western interests in the Middle East—and to replace Arab regimes with radical Islamic states, Iranian-style.
On a visit to Sderot, President-elect Barack Obama said, "If somebody was sending rockets into my house where my two daughters sleep at night, I am going to do everything in my power to stop that, and I would expect Israelis to do the same." As president, he should continue speaking truth to terror.
- Read more by Mortimer Zuckerman.
Reader Comments
The right of Israel to exist
One can smell the odor of racism in the article of Zuckerman ,it is not very far from the language of Ian Smith of the 60s.You who blow in the horns of war while you stay thousands of kilometres away ,though you may pay some money to the state of Israel but you know in your deeps that you fear living in a Jewish settlement for a single week. Be prudent and humanitarian ,have you asked yourselves just once why does Hamas shoot those poor unaffective rockets? You know that those helpless Palestinians were driven out of their country though they had nothing to do with your Holocaust as David BenGurion stated in his diaries.. Did you ever know that Allah "God of all creatures" according to the Quran has really promised the children of Israel (when they were Muslims )with the holy land ,we Muslims believe in this but you should continue reading the story ,what happened later .Surat 5.Al-Ma'idah part6 verse 20:((And remember when Moses said to his people:" O my people ! Remember the Favor of Allah to you: when he made Prophets among you , made you kings and gave you what He had not given to any other among mankind and jinn, in the past"
Now listen to Moses (Prayers be upon him) talking to Allah:
Surat 7.Al-A'ArafLPart 9 -verse 156,157:
"And ordain for us good in this world , and in the hereafter.Certainly we have turned unto you. Allah's reply was: " As to my punishment I afflict with whom I will and My Mercy embraces all things.That (Mercy) I shall ordain for those who are the pious and give Zakat(tzadakha)and those who believe in our Ayat(proofs, evidencies, verses,lessons, signs and revelations,etc.)
Those who follow the Messenger ,the Prophet who can neither read nor write (i.e. Mohammed(pbuh))whom they find written with them in the Torah [see Deut,xviii15]and the Injil(Gospel)[see John,xiv 16), ....One more sentence :Do you know that you can be brothers to Muslims if you really beleive in their prophet ,at that time we the sons of Ibrahim (who is a Muslim )can live in peace together in the holy land (:Palestine).which we have the right to inhirit as the jews do.
Surat 3-Al-Imran LPart 3 verse 67:"Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian , but he was a true Muslim."
The Right of Israel to Exist in the face of Hamas
Good Article by Mort Zuckerman: Israel has a right to defend herself against enemies who would destroy her. It is unfortunate that the Palestinian people have elected a terrorist regime to run their government. I am sure Hamas doesn't care about the struggles of its people, but only wants to exterminate the Jewish people at all costs.
If there are miracles Israel has to be one of them, surrounded by countries in the middle east who want to terrorize and bully them off the planet. Israel has went through tough times and springs back to thrive. The people are constructive and hard working people, who give back something to society. If America can put aside racism to elect the first African american President, Islam can get over its hatred for Israel and try to quit being anti-semetic. Those people haven't changed in a thousand years. There is more to life than hatred and terrorism.
Americans cite the right to bear arms
I frequently hear my American neighbors speak of the Constitutional rights to bear arms, to protect themselves from invatsion, from harm. Each day, Israel receives rockets from the Gaza aimed at nearby Israeli towns -- not more than 25 miles away. The rockets -- now more than 7,000, land near homes, and schools, sometime "on target" - killing women, children, civilians. The Palestinians do not recognize Israel's right to exist. Still, Israel is blamed for defending itself. As Mr. Zuckerman has stated, if Mexico or Canada began shooting rockets across the border into the U.S., would we be expected to sit still and do nothing to protect our citizens?
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