Gaza
Jan/16/09 01:57 PM
Responsibility for the ongoing crisis in Gaza rests on the shoulders of Hamas, classified as a terrorist organization by most of the Western world, and Hamas alone. I find many of the protests that I’ve witnessed around the streets of Washington, D.C. and the Georgetown campus exceedingly misleading. Granted, there have been great costs associated with this brief war thus far, both civilian and military, and these losses are indeed regrettable. The focus on civilian casualties is important, and pressure should be placed on Israel to be discriminate in its attacks. However, it must be remembered that Israel is finally taking action against Hamas’ own disrespect for Israeli civilians and the war resolutions. Israel did not just wake up one morning and decide to attack Hamas in Gaza. Hamas invited this attack on its people by continually lobbing rockets into Israeli territory, indiscriminately endangering the lives of Israeli men, women, and children. Hamas, like most other militant Muslim terrorist organizations, shows no respect for any sort of life, even that of its own people, as Israel has allegedly discovered booby trapped school buildings. Until Hamas changes its behavior, neither the residents of Gaza, nor the world can expect peace in the region.
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