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How the Cowardly West Is Emboldening Hamas
(Spiked-UK) Brendan O'Neill - With their statement calling on Israel to "stop its military operations" in Gaza, the leaders of Britain, France and Canada have essentially given credence to the Hamas view of Israel's war in Gaza - that it is a criminal campaign of starvation masquerading as a war on terror. It is "egregious" and "disproportionate" and must stop, they said. What a shameful day for what remains of Western civilization. The depiction of Israel's operations as threatening to kill thousands of babies, as the UN has claimed, is way off. In truth, this is a military push by Israel against an enemy that poses a direct and imminent threat to its people and its territory. Yes, this war, like every war in history, has awful impacts on civilians. Britain and France should be well aware of the tragic scourge of "collateral damage," given how many hundreds of thousands of innocents have perished in their wars in recent decades. For them now to lecture Israel for having the temerity to go after the neo-fascists who slaughtered 1,200 people in its territory is hypocrisy of the most sick-making variety. Absolutely the worst thing you could do in the current situation is embolden the malignant actors who started the war and who refuse to end it by returning the hostages and surrendering. Everyone who wants to save Palestinian lives should support the destruction of the poisonous cause of this conflict. That so many in the West are doing the opposite, and are essentially boosting Hamas, is horrendous.