Here is an argument for a radically proactive approach to dealing with Palestinian terrorism as embodied in entities like Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
I find the underlying logic hard to refute: why live under constant large scale threats from them; why not change the rules under which the status quo continues, a status quo that means living with periodic rocket barrages, which, for now, makes Southern Israel a periodic target, which allows these groups to rearm and, indeed, improve their munitions?
What country with the capability to do otherwise would agree to live with ongoing bombardment, among other imperilling threats?
Is the status quo the only alternative, given that for these organizations, which are gaining political power against a sclerotic PLO, Israel’s existence itself is a zero sum issue, no compromise to be brooked?
Isn’t it so, as I believe Golda Meir said, paraphrase, “If they disarm, then we’ll disarm. If we disarm, then they’ll destroy us.”
https://www.meforum.org/64463/how-israel-can-solve-its-gaza-problem
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