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Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-815592
Hamas Started the Gaza War with a Bloodbath
(Jerusalem Post) Gil Troy - When judging the Gaza War's morality, recall that Hamas started the war with a bloodbath. Hizbullah, the Houthis, and the Iranians joined. All attacked Israel not because of what Israel did or does but because of what Israel is. Hating Israel for being the Jewish state and for being a liberal democracy, they seek its destruction. That gives Israel every right to defend itself in its fight for survival against genocidal forces. Holding hostages proves Hamas's evil. Dozens of hostages are still being held, abused, tortured. That further justifies Israel's actions morally. The loss of thousands of innocent Gazans is tragic - but who's to blame? Hamas hides behind civilians. Compare how Israel fights, trying to minimize civilian casualties, and how the U.S. and other Western democracies fought in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. Why is Israel held to standards no other Western military is expected to meet? Why are the political attacks against Israel so disproportionate? Three million civilians recently died in the Congo. Hundreds of thousands died in Syria, in Yemen, in Iraq. Yet, "experts" call Gaza the "deadliest conflict in the 21st century." The writer, a Distinguished Scholar of North American History at McGill University, is a Senior Fellow in Zionist Thought at the Jewish People Policy Institute.