(Israel Hayom) Nadav Shragai - Before we bring the Palestinian Authority to Gaza instead of Hamas, or be tempted to believe that the Palestinians in the West Bank are "something else," we should look at the facts right in front of us. If only they could, the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria - whether it's Hamas, Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, or the Popular Resistance Committees - would perpetrate the same acts against the Jews in Petach Tikvah, Kfar Saba, Lod, Ramla, and Afula. It hasn't happened yet, but not because of a lack of desire or attempts. It has not happened because hundreds of terrorist acts and attempted mass killings of civilians got thwarted almost daily over the past two years by the Israeli security services and the IDF. Their nature, style, and cruelty are identical. Hallel Yaffa Ariel, a 13.5-year-old girl, was slaughtered in her bed in her home on the outskirts of Kiryat Arba with a knife. Ori Ansbacher, a 19-year-old, was raped and brutally murdered in Jerusalem, and then her body was mutilated. The Fogel family from Itamar was murdered in their home. Yoav, 10, and Elad, 4, were strangled and stabbed, and Ehud and Ruth, their parents, who tried to save their children, were stabbed repeatedly in their neck, throat, and abdomen. The three-month-old baby, Hadas, who was found because she was crying, was also killed. A similar massacre took place in the Salomon family's home in Halamish. Esther Horgen was killed with a rock that crushed her skull. Shalhevet Pas, less than a year old, was executed in her stroller by a sniper. Kim Levengrond Yehezkel was tied up in the Barkan industrial zone and shot to death. Abdel-Rahman Abu Arab, a member of Fatah in Jenin, defined the Oct. 7 massacre as a morning of joy, victory, and pride, and blessed the "heroic martyrs in Gaza." Abbas Zaki, a member of Fatah's Central Committee, praised Hamas for the attack and threatened to crush the skulls of all the Jews and Americans in the region.
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