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They were cowardly attacked at dawn by Hamas on October 7th last year. 1200 Jews were killed and over 200 taken hostage.
Israel responded by counterattacking and in their rage, they killed and killed. But they killed too much.
It was clear from the outset that Hamas would hide in their tunnels leaving their brothers and sisters to take the hit above ground.
Israelis may say, ‘those Gazans were helping to hide Hamas. They deserve to die, too.’
But they don’t. Simply because they were unarmed. Men, women and children who, may or may not, have given approval to Hamas to go out and kill 1200 Jews and take 200 plus hostage.
Hamas is an organization that preaches hatred for and the extinction of Israel.
‘From the river (river Jordan) to the sea!’ goes their cry. No room for Israel. This, more than a century since Israel’s connection to Palestine and their right to reestablish their home was approved by the League of Nations in 1917.
Hatred is hard to manage — by all sides.
And yet, some rise above the curse.
Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison and when he came out he preached tolerance, openness, kindness, which led to the end of apartheid.
Yahya Sinwar, the head of Hamas, spent 20 years in Israeli prisons and even learned to speak Hebrew, but when he came out he wanted blood. Kill Jews! From the River to the sea! Slaughter them!
Two different men altogether.
One started a nation on its path to…
