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The Callousness of Hamas
(Washington Post) Richard Cohen - Of all the points of disagreement between Israel and Hamas, maybe the most profound is this one: Israel cares more about sparing innocent lives - including those of Palestinians - than does Hamas. Hamas has instigated yet another war where the chief loser will certainly be its own people. Many in the West embrace Hamas as the champions of a victimized Third World people. But Hamas is not the passive party in this struggle. It chose to make war by allowing more militant groups to use Gaza as a launching pad for rockets and firing off the occasional rocket itself. No nation is going to put up with this sort of terror. This war between Arabs and Jews, between Israelis and Palestinians, is well over 100 years old. But both sides are not equally right in all instances. Hamas sent rockets into Israel, not caring if they hit a chicken coop or a group of toddlers jumping in and out of a sprinkler.