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Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-863269
Hamas Wants to Destroy Us, Not Only Our Reputation
(Jerusalem Post) Gil Troy - Amid epic military achievements safeguarding Israel and the West, Israel is mired in a difficult war against jihadists using their own people for cannon fodder and propaganda points. Hamas wants to destroy us, not only our reputation. We cannot be so hard-hearted to deny Palestinian suffering. Yet we dare not be so softheaded as to fall for the jihadi genociders' con. 74% of Palestinians cheered as Hamas marauders and Gazan rampagers yelled "Itbah al Yahud" - meaning "slaughter the Jew" - not "end the occupation." Nevertheless, by Oct. 8, Israel was accused of "genocide." With Hamas still holding hostages and amassing weapons, Israel cannot withdraw blithely from Gaza or assume that Hamas will ever relinquish every hostage. The writer, a Distinguished Scholar of North American History at McGill University, is a Senior Fellow in Zionist Thought at the Jewish People Policy Institute.