Echoing the demand by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Israeli prime minister issued Hamas an ultimatum and threatened its “total defeat.”
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The withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Netzarim Corridor strengthens Hamas, undermines Israel’s position, and plays into the terrorists’ hands.
The US president stated a deadline of noon; otherwise, he says, “it’s going to be a different ball game.”
“If they don’t like Donald Trump’s plan, then it’s time for these countries in the region to step forward and offer their solution,” said the US secretary of state.
“I think we will see something of biblical proportion happen with [Trump’s] leadership in the Middle East.”
Hamas has managed to plunge Israel into the kind of moral dilemma depicted by Hannah Arendt in “The Origins of Totalitarianism.”
Eli Sharabi grew up in Tel Aviv, but as an adult, he fell in love with Kibbutz Be’eri and made it his home until he was kidnapped by Gazan terrorists.
Before their release, Hamas paraded the hostages in front of a raucous crowd of Palestinians in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah.
False notions about proportionality in war tend to permeate nearly every discussion on the topic, with few aware of what international law actually says.
Palestinian jihadist savagery was truly demonstrated in how it not only treated Jewish foes, but any “infidels” who happened to be around.