January 4, 2009

Hamas and Its Liberal Supporters are Responsible for the Current Crisis

By Abraham H. Miller
Hamas cannot bomb Israel out of existence.  Hamas has dropped ten thousand rockets on civilian targets in Sderot since 2001.  Hamas' suicide bombers have killed hundreds of Israelis eating in restaurants, dancing in discos, and riding on buses. None of this has or will remotely achieve Hamas' avowed goal of destroying Israel.  On December 19, Hamas declared an end to a temporary and frequently breached truce with Israel and launched a major rocket attack on Sderot timed to coincide with the end of the school day. In response, Israel did what any nation state would be expected to do; it bombed Hamas' military targets in Gaza. As then Presidential Candidate Barack Obama said, while standing in Sderot, if his daughters were having rockets raining down on them while they slept, he would do everything in his power to stop those rockets. Jewish children have long been a favorite target of Hamas' rockets and suicide bombers.  And when some other terrorist group murdered...(Read Full Article)