A growing chorus of leftists and pro-terror groups have condemned Israel for its incursion into Gaza in pursuit of a kidnapped Israeli soldier. But can anyone blame Israel? Wouldn’t any other country do the same to protect its citizens?

Israel’s move into Gaza is entirely justified given the circumstances, especially when one considers the fact that those affiliated with the ruling party in the Palestinian territories were culpable in the kidnapping. One could argue that these actions by Hamas were tantamount to a declaration of war and Israel is therefore entirely within its right to escalate.

The Palestinians, who’ve nurtured a love of murder and violence, have only themselves to blame, they have embraced murder and terror as a matter of policy and must accept the consequences, perhaps if their leaders were truly committed to a Palestinian state rather than simply killing Israelis then perhaps they would have secured statehood by now…

Are the Israelis blameless in this conflict…certainly not, but you’ll excuse me for not feeling too sympathetic for the people who danced in the street and passed out candy on news of September 11th
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