Israel has the right to defend itself, but not to raze Gaza. The Palestinians have the right to win a state of their own, but not to despoil Israel
To Israeli Jews, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh declared on 7 October, when Hamas forces invaded Israel to kill over 1,300 people, overwhelmingly civilians, and take over 100 hostage. “We have only one thing to say to you: get out of our land... There is no place or safety for you”. This was not an “excess” on the fringe of a basically justified struggle, but an effort to kill or panic as many Jews as possible. And probably done by Hamas as part of the network of a regional-imperialist power, Iran, pledged to the destruction of Israel. The rise of Hamas has been framed by Israeli governments’...