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New York Post Editorial: Blood is on Hamas’ hands, not Trump’s
New York Post ^ | 05/15/2018 | Michael Goodwin

Posted on 05/15/2018 7:51:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Amidst the screaming headlines about “massacre” and “war crimes” and unsettling pictures of Arab casualties, keep in mind the central question: When is it the right time to do the right thing?

That’s the question President Trump faced when considering whether to move the American Embassy to Jerusalem. His three predecessors had used a loophole in the 1995 law requiring the move to give a consistent and increasingly cynical answer of, “Not now, maybe later.”

That dodge lasted 22 years, until Trump cut through the nonsense last December with a statement of resounding moral clarity. Now, he said, is the right time to do the right thing.

It was a singular decision and Monday’s opening of the American Embassy in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, righted a historic wrong. As both American and Israeli speakers noted, the custom throughout the world and throughout the ages is for foreign embassies to be located in the city designated by the host country as its capital.

And so now the rest of the world is out of step when it comes to Israel — and only Israel. That would be a curious exception if the pattern weren’t so pronounced and the reason so obvious.

The world’s double standard against the Jewish state helps explain the decision by Hamas leaders in Gaza to mix armed terrorists and unarmed civilians and urge them to crash through the border fence. This was murder, and not by Israeli soldiers defending their country against a mass invasion.

The blood of the dead and wounded is on the hands of the merciless Hamas thugs who sent their people on a suicide mission that had zero chance of military success

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To: Harpotoo

Who knows if there was even an actual baby. The PLO when reporting casualties has been caught lying pretty often.


21 posted on 05/15/2018 8:50:04 AM PDT by agrace
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To: Harpotoo
goathumpers hate Israel and the US more than they love their own spawn
22 posted on 05/15/2018 5:05:20 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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Thanks SeekAndFind.

23 posted on 05/17/2018 11:29:10 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

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Common sense

24 posted on 05/18/2018 4:48:56 AM PDT by SJackson (The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement)
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To: SeekAndFind

Assaulting a foreign nation with wire cutters is certain to get you killed

Hyped up and possibly drugged over zealous wire cutter armed were certain to be killed


25 posted on 05/18/2018 4:53:39 AM PDT by Thibodeaux (Long Live the Republic!)
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To: Thibodeaux
Assaulting a foreign nation with wire cutters is certain to get you killed

Certainly not here.

26 posted on 05/18/2018 4:55:28 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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