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Israel holds moral high ground in Gaza
Chicago Tribune ^ | 7-21-14 | Charles Krauthammer

Posted on 07/21/2014 12:01:39 PM PDT by SJackson

Israel accepts an Egyptian-proposed Gaza cease-fire; Hamas keeps firing. Hamas deliberately aims rockets at civilians; Israel painstakingly tries to avoid them, actually telephoning civilians in the area and dropping warning charges, so-called roof knocking.

"Here's the difference between us," explains Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "We're using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they're using their civilians to protect their missiles."

Rarely does international politics present a moment of such moral clarity. Yet we routinely hear this Israel-Gaza fighting described as a morally equivalent "cycle of violence." This is absurd. What possible interest can Israel have in cross-border fighting? Everyone knows Hamas set off this mini-war. And everyone knows the proudly self-declared raison d'etre of Hamas: the eradication of Israel and its Jews.

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1 posted on 07/21/2014 12:01:39 PM PDT by SJackson
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2 posted on 07/21/2014 12:01:58 PM PDT by SJackson (government tampers with a freedom so fundamental, one shudders to think what lies ahead. Card Dolan)
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Israel protects its civilians with missiles. Hamas protects its missiles with civilians.


3 posted on 07/21/2014 12:07:19 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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To: SJackson
They got their pizza!!
4 posted on 07/21/2014 12:14:06 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: SJackson
Surrounding combatants with civilians is a war crime:


5 posted on 07/21/2014 12:17:14 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (The GOP-e scum enlisted Democrats to steal the Republican primary. The GOP-e can go to Hell.)
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