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A National Resolve to Destroy Hamas

(Jerusalem Post) Rabbi Stewart Weiss - Though we knew that the terrorists were baby killers who had slaughtered and tortured countless children on Oct. 7, we were not emotionally prepared for the shock we felt at hearing of the murders of Shiri, Ariel, and baby Kfir Bibas. By murdering these hostages in cold blood, the enemy has confirmed what we already knew on the first day of the war - it is either them, or us. The Hamas terrorists crave death - first and foremost ours - and, almost gleefully, they will sacrifice their own lives and certainly those of their fellow Palestinians in order to destroy us all - mother and child together. We have learned in the hardest way possible that Hamas cannot be babied, bought off, and bargained with. The Bibas killing forces us to confront an essential, existential question: Do we have what it takes to survive in the brutal, show-no-mercy Middle East? How can we avenge the slaying of the Bibas family members and honor their memory? We must rise up in righteous fury. We have to gather up our courage and dedicate ourselves to eradicating the evil called Hamas, no matter how long it takes. Surrender is not an option. We must win this battle for our survival. The writer directs the Jewish Outreach Center in Ra'anana, Israel. His son, Sgt. Ari Weiss, was killed in September 2002 during a raid on Hamas headquarters in Nablus.
2025-02-20 00:00:00
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