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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/full-accountability-from-hamas/
How to Pressure Hamas
(Israel Hayom) David M. Weinberg - After the Hamas execution of six Israeli hostages, the U.S. said that "Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes." But this was not followed up by any concrete moves to impose "full accountability" on Hamas, such as supplying Israel with more and better arms to crush Hamas, instead of agonizing over the deaths of Hamas supporters and pontificating about armament restrictions. It may also be time to rethink the "humanitarian train" for Gaza which provides enormous quantities of fuel and food, which everybody knows has been hijacked by Hamas to preserve its governing capabilities. According to Ehud Yaari of Israeli TV Channel 12, Hamas has earned over half a billion dollars by seizing and then selling to Gazans almost every supply truck sent into Gaza over the past year. This allows Hamas to prolong the war in every way: prolonging the suffering of Gazans whom Hamas continues to exploit as human shields, prolonging the painful price paid by IDF soldiers on the battlefield, and prolonging the hostage torment. Instead, the U.S. slaps sanctions on Israeli civil protest organizations that call for a change in this policy - a policy to aid an enemy that is without precedent in the annals of warfare. Furthermore, it is time to consider adopting a penalization policy against Hamas that involves the loss of territory. Moreover, there should be a recalibration of the American obsession with establishing a Palestinian state. Blabbering at this moment about a Palestinian state is the very picture of victory for Hamas terrorism and constitutes encouragement for more acts of massacre. Instead of expressing "pain" when Hamas perpetrates outrages while expressing "outrage" when Israel acts uncompromisingly to crush its enemies, it is time for "full accountability" demands from the U.S. that can help Israel win the war. The writer is a senior fellow at Misgav: The Institute for National Security & Zionist Strategy.