This is the kind of sentiment that makes me feel slightly queasy:
It’s not easy to sit in front of the TV and watch homes of Palestinians refugees being demolished, and read reports that more than 35 Palestinians were killed. Yes, we know that some of those killed are terrorists. Yes, we know that some of the homes demolished had hidden tunnels where weapons were imported from Egypt. But we also know that some of those killed or left homeless were innocent civilians.
That is why we must remind ourselves of all the bus bombings we have witnessed in Jerusalem, where carnage has been strewn on downtown streets. The children and working folks who died on those buses were innocent civilians as well.
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The terrorists who killed 13 Israeli soldiers last week came from Gaza camps. The terrorists who eliminated a family May 2 by killing an Israeli mother and her four children also came from these camps. And many of the terrorists captured each week during their aborted attempts to sneak into Israel and wreak mayhem have also come from these camps.
That’s why Israel is doing a cleanup operation in Rafah. And this operation — like those our own country is involved in while fighting international terrorism — may be too aggressive, too heartless and too overwhelming for some of us to handle emotionally. Unfortunately, we are dealing with enemies who proclaim proudly that they love death more than they value life.
