(Jerusalem Post) Michael Oren - A U.S. Army colonel fighting Islamic State in Syria said, "When you have an enemy that uses noncombatants as collateral damage, it is difficult to completely avoid any [civilian] casualties." The same could be easily said by the IDF Spokesman justifying Israel's actions against Hamas in Gaza. But while America's explanation is accepted by the world, Israel's is almost universally rejected. Beyond killing Israelis, Hamas rockets are designed to get Israel condemned for killing Palestinians. For the same reason, Hamas sends children to break through the border fence and even pays them for every gunshot wound. Each one is a new rocket - cheaper and immensely damaging to our legitimacy. That damage is cumulative. Today, Israel's fundamental right to defend itself is dismissed out of hand. The writer, a former Israeli ambassador to the U.S., is a deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Office.
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