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Sending Hamas to Criminal Court
(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - The Biden Administration on Tuesday unsealed criminal charges against six Hamas leaders, three of them believed to have been killed already by Israel. The U.S. move is minor, and it isn't even new. The U.S. filed the charges in February. The Justice Department details Hamas crimes from the 1990s on. But the U.S. didn't seek to charge the Hamas leaders until Feb. 1, the same day as Mr. Biden's executive order creating a sanctions regime targeting Israelis in the West Bank. Moreover, a criminal court is the wrong venue for the likes of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Hamas jihadists aren't committing street crimes. Israel is fighting a war for survival against illegal enemy combatants. What matters is winning the war, not arresting suspects. If the administration had the will, it could follow up these charges with large bounties on Hamas leaders' heads and a campaign of charges against Hamas's material supporters in America.