A Ceasefire is Not Possible Because Hamas Wants to Destroy Israel
Published 2 hours ago on October 31, 2023By Steve Postalisrael
The United Nations, several progressive Democrats, and even the Pope are calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the other hand, rejects the idea of a ceasefire, stating that “[c]alls for a ceasefire are a call for Israel to surrender to Hamas, to surrender to terror, to surrender to barbarism.”
Would a ceasefire accomplish anything? By seeing what Hamas has said since its murder of 1,400 Israelis and kidnapping of approximately 230 hostages, one can readily see that a ceasefire would not meaningfully change Hamas and its actions. Recent statements by Hamas (in addition to the murder and kidnapping of the civilians themselves, of course) show a relentless, genocidal hatred for Israel and Jews that is an existential threat for the Jewish State that can only be defeated with Hamas’ total destruction. Some examples are the following:
October 7 – 13
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh predicts that Hamas’ attacks will spread to all Israel “as well as to the resistance and our Palestinian people abroad…We say one thing: Get out of our land, get out of our faces. Get out of our Jerusalem and our Al-Aqsa Mosque. We do not want to see you on this land. This land is ours, Jerusalem is ours, everything is ours.” [Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar), Oct. 7, 2023]
Hamas Military Commander Mohammed Deif says: “I say to our pure mujahideen: This is the day that you make this criminal enemy understand that its time is up. [The Quran says:] ‘Kill them wherever you may find them…I say to our people in occupied [pre-1967 Israel] – in the Negev, the Galilee, the Triangle, Haifa, Jaffa, Acre, Lod, and Ramla: Torch the earth under the feet of the plundering occupiers – kill, burn, destroy, and shut down roads…” [Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar), Oct. 7, 2023]
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