(Times of Israel) Malcolm Hoenlein - It is now clear that Hamas devised and executed an entirely new set of tactical threats. Under battlefield conditions, Israel's government and military adjusted the responses to adequately defend its borders and prevent an armed assault on Israeli civilians living in communities close to Gaza. News media and governments, always ready to rush to judgment against Israel, didn't bother to look beyond the slick packaging and phony messaging from Hamas. So, once again we see good people vilified: the State of Israel and its well-trained, highly-disciplined defense forces skewered by international media, in distorted reports that absolved the Hamas perpetrators while placing the onus on those seeking to defend Israel's sovereignty and prevent violence against its citizens. We hear the cries from governments that are always ready to criticize Israel for reacting to threats in far more controlled ways than any one of them would in a similar circumstance. The writer is executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
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