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Regional forum for security and stability – Gaza first
For Israel the end result should be a weakening of Hamas and a strengthening of Abbas and the Palestinian Authority.
For Israel the end result should be a weakening of Hamas and a strengthening of Abbas and the Palestinian Authority.
How about explaining what you would do if you were Israeli prime minister facing hundreds of rockets falling down on your citizens?
Force alone will never be a proper response to human suffering.
We need to help the people of Gaza replace Hamas by providing them with hope and a better future, something Hamas has never provided.
It reminds me of the very long and sad years that Gilad Schalit was in captivity. The media had to say something.
My reason for doubting Hamas’s involvement is that the single most important thing to Hamas right now is to assure its continued ability to rule Gaza.
This plan is nothing more than an advanced and sophisticated form of colonialism.
The conflict is not going away, nor is the State of Israel, nor is Palestine.
Palestinians are fighting for exactly what we Jews fought for – freedom, independence, identity.
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