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Stop Demonizing Israel for Defending Itself
(Washington Post) Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer - Palestinians were told to break down the security fence separating Gaza from Israel, a clear danger to all those living in Jewish communities hundreds of yards from that fence. Hamas called for the rioters to "bring a knife, dagger or gun," and embedded its own forces in the crowds, ready to kill and kidnap Israelis. The media insisted that the riots had been peaceful protests. Apparently, grenades, Molotov cocktails, fire kites, explosive devices, guns and machetes don't quite hit the media's bar for what constitutes Palestinian violence. Mahmoud Zahar, one of Hamas' founders, said that calling what happened in Gaza peaceful protests was a clear "deception." Hamas pushed the Palestinian masses toward the fence, falsely claiming that Israeli soldiers were abandoning their positions and that the fence had already been breached. A senior Hamas official said that 50 out of the 62 dead were members of Hamas.