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The Suffering that Hamas Causes
[Boston Globe] Jeff Robbins - Hamas' disdain for the suffering its policies cause the Palestinian residents of Gaza is exceeded only by its open, and even proud, infliction of atrocities on Israeli civilians. This year alone, Hamas, which expressly calls for the obliteration of Israel, has launched approximately 3,000 rockets and mortar bombs into Israeli civilian centers, always for the purpose of killing and maiming Israelis if possible, and terrifying those who are not actually hit. Under these circumstances - which would have continued without end had the Israelis failed to act - it seems clear that the Israeli military response was not merely a necessary one. It was, regrettably, the only one left. The writer was a U.S. delegate to the UN Human Rights Commission during the Clinton administration.