(National Post-Canada) Jonathan Kay - Can anyone name a country on the face of the planet that would regard recurrent rocket attacks on its territory as anything but an act of war? And since the obvious answer is no, why should Israel not be expected to fight back when Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other terrorist groups seek to murder Israelis in this fashion? Gaza has been 100% Judenrein for seven years. Its border with Israel is clear and uncontested. If its Hamas-led government wanted to turn the territory into something resembling a normal, sovereign entity, all it would have to do is renounce terrorism against Israel (and Egypt, for that matter), recognize the Jewish state, and petition for entry into the community of civilized nations. Instead, Hamas has built a cult of death and martyrdom. As a result, innocent Palestinians suffer an isolated existence under the closure policy that Israel has (justifiably) imposed on the territory in a bid to prevent terrorist attacks. In 2010, when Israeli-Palestinian negotiations seemed to be entering a hopeful phase, Hamas' head of military operations, Ahmed Jabari, did his best to derail a negotiated peace through violence, telling a Palestinian news agency: "With the power of faith, weapons and missiles, tunnels and commandos, we will achieve victory."
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