Comments on: Peace now, or later? http://israelity.com/2009/01/11/peace-now-or-later/ Life beyond the conflict Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: David-Joe http://israelity.com/2009/01/11/peace-now-or-later/comment-page-1/#comment-280852 David-Joe Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:21:59 +0000 http://israelity.com/?p=7416#comment-280852 The issue is that of self-defense and has nothing to do with likeing or disliking war. Emotions are not primaries and it is therefore encumbent that they be left out of this. The enemy is the enemy, whether civilian or military. It is the CIVILIANS of Gaza that voted FOR Hamas. Just as trying to separate the German population from the nazis in WW2 would have been ridiculous, so is the situation with regards to Gaza now. It is the just cause of a free nation - in this case Israel - to use as much force as it can to stop the enemy from destroying Israelis. Hamas is attacking the right of Israelis to their life and therefore the ONLY calculation that the Israeli government must make is how to stop this attack. Any consideration of the enemy, civilian or terrorist is immoral. The Palestinians of Gaza have to be hurt and made to suffer and killed until they are so destroyed that they will not lift a finger against Israel. That was the attitude of 1948 and without it, Israel would not exist today. Any consideration of the enemy in any way, shape or form, is not only immoral, unjust and irrational, but opposes the ethic of Judaism. Self-sacrifice is not how the Jews have survived! The issue is that of self-defense and has nothing to do with likeing or disliking war. Emotions are not primaries and it is therefore encumbent that they be left out of this.

The enemy is the enemy, whether civilian or military. It is the CIVILIANS of Gaza that voted FOR Hamas.

Just as trying to separate the German population from the nazis in WW2 would have been ridiculous, so is the situation with regards to Gaza now.

It is the just cause of a free nation – in this case Israel – to use as much force as it can to stop the enemy from destroying Israelis.

Hamas is attacking the right of Israelis to their life and therefore the ONLY calculation that the Israeli government must make is how to stop this attack.

Any consideration of the enemy, civilian or terrorist is immoral.

The Palestinians of Gaza have to be hurt and made to suffer and killed until they are so destroyed that they will not lift a finger against Israel.

That was the attitude of 1948 and without it, Israel would not exist today.

Any consideration of the enemy in any way, shape or form, is not only immoral, unjust and irrational, but opposes the ethic of Judaism.

Self-sacrifice is not how the Jews have survived!

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