Rob Killick
As Western leaders celebrate the prospect of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, we should listen instead to the response of Adam Ma’anit, cousin of Israeli hostage Tsachi Idan. Tsachi’s 18-year-old daughter Maayan was murdered by Hamas terrorists in front of him on October 7th.
The world community, the international community has allowed Hamas to play a game where they have a lot of the cards and we are forced into a discussion of a deal where they can exact concessions from us in order to secure the release of the hostages.
The entire world has failed us. If the world stood steadfast on October 7, October 8 against Hamas, demanding their full surrender, exerting every kind of pressure possible on states like Iran and Qatar and Egypt who have any kind of leverage over Hamas, insisting on the unconditional release of hostages rather than pursuing a so-called deal, we might have had them released a lot sooner—and the devastation that has been wrought on Gaza as a result of the Hamas atrocities may have been averted as well.
In my travels across Israel last year, from Sderot on the border with Gaza, in the army camp at Reim, in Jerusalem, in Tel Aviv, and on the border with Lebanon in the north, I met and talked to many Israelis about their views on the war.
No comments:
Post a Comment