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Let Israel Decide: A Premature Gaza Cease-Fire Would Help Hamas
(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - The reality is that a cease-fire now would help Hamas. Now that it has moved on the ground, Israel will lose if it stops before it achieves its main military objectives. This means blowing up the entire network of tunnels that Hamas uses to infiltrate into Israel and to smuggle weapons into Gaza from Egypt. It also means destroying the stockpiles of rockets and storage sites. The Israelis are best positioned to judge their progress, and the U.S. should publicly support its military response in a war it didn't start. This is what will bring the most rapid end to the violence.