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Tolerating Hamas Invites a Mideast War
(Wall Street Journal Europe) Ron Prosor - This month, a strike by the Israel Defense Forces targeted arch-terrorist Zuhair al-Qaisi as he aimed to launch another mass murder of innocent Israelis from Sinai. In the five days that followed, terrorists in Gaza stepped up their attacks on Israeli cities to 60 rockets per day (up from an average of "only" two to four a day). Israel's Air Force hit Palestinian rocket squads with minimal civilian casualties, even though they had been intentionally using neighborhoods and schools as launching pads. Instead of sending a clear message that terrorism in Gaza is a grave danger, much of the international community continues to point fingers at Israel for its legal and legitimate efforts to stop the flood of arms into the area. The writer is Israel's ambassador to the UN.