Comments on: Hamas builds its army as Olmert fiddles https://www.yourish.com/2007/07/06/3392 Cutting straight to the point Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:00:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Ed Hausman https://www.yourish.com/2007/07/06/3392/comment-page-1#comment-27367 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:00:55 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/07/06/3392#comment-27367 Why is Israel still providing food, fuel, and medicine, and actually trying to improve access for all of these, instead of locking the gates and letting them convince the Egyptians to supply them?

Simple negotiating policy: return Shalit and stop the shooting, or nothing goes in through Israel.

]]> By: Michael Lonie https://www.yourish.com/2007/07/06/3392/comment-page-1#comment-27366 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:54:11 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/07/06/3392#comment-27366 Zahal should strike Gaza first to seize the initiative. It should strike hard and ruthlessly, ignoring the shreiks of outrage from those who will look on complacently while the Arabs commit genocide against the Jews. Kill all the Hamas gunmen. Give an ultimatum to the Arabs left in Gaza: either live at peace with Israel or go find somewhere else to live.

It must be done quickly and it must be done ruthlessly. The Muslims openly proclaim their intention of genocide. We should take them at their word, and Israel should kill their fighters first. There will be civilian casualties. Tough. Zahal can try to minimize them, but the Palis’ established habit of hiding among civilians will prevent this. Under the Geneva Conventions the onus and responsibility will belong to Hamas for hiding among protected persons.

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