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Israel Faced an Impossible Choice: Destroy Hamas or Rescue the Hostages
(Telegraph-UK) Zoe Strimpel - Each hostage returned alive is a world of meaning and love, worth everything to get back. Crushing Hamas was crucial, and Israel has done this to an extent that has exceed expectations. But Israeli society has been through a nightmare. Antisemitism has been unleashed again around the world. This ceasefire serves to remind us of a distinction of key importance: that of life versus death; light versus dark; civilization versus depravity and barbarism. We are reminded that Israel, and the moral and political world to which it belongs, stands for life, love and reason against the barbarians, whether in Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen or Gaza. Israel's foes are defined by an enduring love affair with death and "martyrdom," murder and mayhem.