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Babette Albin's avatar

In a sense (improbable as it seems), Hamas is holding Gaza hostage. The innocent victims are often the general population of those who have remained or were born in Gaza.

Hamas justifies sacrificing the lives of Palestinians whose only crime is being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This calculated and heartless gambit largely depends on a wholesale condemnation of Jews and the establishment of Israel. The Jewish State provides guarantees of religious tolerance which are written into the Israeli system of law.

The question remains, does the state of Israel have a right to exist? If you deny Israel the right to protect its citizens and borders, then you have a justification for blaming them for the cruel calculus that that results

loss of innocent lives. But you are wrong in expecting a sovereign nation to accept such a flagrant violation of international law and human rights.

Gazans needs protection from the hostile forces that are destroying it from within. And lsrael needs the support of law abiding people who respect the value of all human beings, no matter what their religious or political beliefs.

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Babette Albin's avatar

I refer you and your readers to an valuable online resource: TIKVA Online Academy.

This free course is designed for high school students, and is open to those seek

to understand Jewish values and history in a time of War, Highly recommended.

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