Israel has a right to exist and to defend itself. Last week Hamas terrorists crossed the line into evil. They did it with the intent to provoke a response. At this point, eight days after the the terror attack, it is still impossible to determine what the response will be. Hopefully the perpetrators of the attack will be punished and the people who trained, planned and motivated them will be brought to justice. It would be good if all this could be done with the least possible bloodshed among the innocent.

“We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us”.

Golda Meir

I’m glad I waited a week before I wrote my first post about this horror. Earlier I just wanted revenge, now I want the unconditional surrender of Hamas without too many civilian casualties. It may not be possible but it has to be tried.

The photo is the beautiful ocean front of Tel Aviv.