Since Hamas’ horrific terror attack on Oct. 7, 2023, the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone on the offensive, reducing Gaza, Hamas’ stronghold, to rubble and decapitating or demolishing its adversaries throughout the region. Israel’s attacks have become more brazen with each success and there are rightful questions to be asked about its compliance with international law.
Israel has two objectives. The first is protecting the country from attacks by its enemies. It is largely succeeding in this quest, although complete security is impossible. The second is delegitimizing the Palestinian cause, and in so doing creating a Greater Israel that does not have to share land with them. In this, Netanyahu’s government is failing and is likely giving Palestine and Palestinians greater credibility. It is certainly undermining Israel’s international status and moral authority.
Following Hamas' brutal terror attack, in which around 1,200 people were killed and another 250 taken hostage, Israel launched a sweeping offensive, reducing much of the Gaza Strip to rubble, forcing most of the Palestinian population from its homes and creating a humanitarian disaster and a famine. By one account, over 65,000 people, more than 19,000 of them children, have been killed in Gaza since Hamas’ deadly assault.
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