{"id":4040,"date":"2009-01-06T14:00:31","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/01\/israel-and-hamas.html"},"modified":"2009-01-06T14:00:31","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T14:00:31","slug":"israel-and-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/01\/israel-and-hamas.html","title":{"rendered":"Israel and Hamas"},"content":{"rendered":"

I read this piece by Saul Singer <\/a>in the Washington Post. I wonder if Obama’s silence is support for Israel, support for taking out Hamas, or an indicator that he’s not sure what to think about this international crisis. Any thoughts?<\/p>\n

\n

By taking on Hamas, Israelis deserve the gratitude of decent people
\neverywhere. More than that, by sending in troops to fight them on the
\nground, Israel is risking its precious soldiers to minimize Palestinian<\/em>
\ncasualties. These soldiers risk becoming martyrs to human rights and
\nthe Geneva Convention because they are fighting in places where other
\ncountries, including the U.S., might have called in an artillery or air
\nstrike and been done with it. We should be proud of them and least have
\nthe decency to honor their sacrifice. <\/p>\n

Finally, these soldiers are doing a service for humanity, not just
\nfor the Israelis. A defeat of Hamas is a defeat of it sponsor, Iran. It
\nis no substitute for using economic, diplomatic, and – only if
\nnecessary – military means to prevent Iran, the world’s primary
\nterrorist regime, from going nuclear. But it should help concentrate
\nminds regarding the necessity of doing so. The Israeli wars with Hamas
\nand Hezbullah are only holding actions. The only way to give peace in
\nthe region real hope is to defeat the main source of war and terrorism,
\nand that is the regime in Tehran.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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