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Israel’s War on Hamas Is Justified and Morally Correct
The bodies of people, some of them elderly, lie on a street after they were killed during a mass-infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, southern Israel, Oct. 7, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Zionist prophet Ze’ev Jabotinsky once reportedly said, “The past lays a railroad track for the future.”
Jabotinsky also reportedly asked, “‘Everybody is wrong and you alone are right?’ No doubt this question springs by itself to the reader’s lips and mind. It is customary to answer this with apologetic phrases to the effect that I fully respect public opinion, that I bow to it, that I was glad to make concessions …. All this is unnecessary, and all this is untrue.”
All of these things are true in June 2024, and they will always be true when it comes to the Jewish people.
Last week, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said no to a proposal that France, the United States, and Israel would form a contact group to work on defusing escalating tensions with Hezbollah on the northern border.
As Gallant said, “As we fight a just war, defending our people, France has adopted hostile policies against Israel … In doing so, France ignores the atrocities committed by Hamas against Israeli children, women and men.”
Rightfully, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently said, “If we must stand alone, we shall stand alone. If we must, we shall fight with our fingernails. But we have much more than our fingernails.”
The reality is that Israel is at odds with much of the world — but Israel did what any democratic country would do. It launched a war of defense to prevent Hamas from orchestrating anymore October 7 massacres, or fulfilling its mission to destroy Israel.
Hamas has stated that its goal is to annihilate Israel; the Oct. 7 massacre, and the recent attacks from Iran and Hezbollah, show how serious that threat is.
If a Hamas-like group was in control of Canada and launching wars from its territory, would the US end a war without destroying that terrorist group? Of course not. The same goes for any other free nation in the world.
The criticism of Israel for working to defeat Hamas comes down to one thing: Jew-hatred.
There are so many conflicts over the world — where, unlike in Israel, those armies are not trying to prevent civilian casualties. Sudan is the latest example — others in the Middle East alone include Syria and Yemen, where so many civilians have been killed.
But there are no street protests, no campus rallies, no calls for “intifada.”
Why? Because Jews aren’t involved.
Jews are in danger worldwide — but we have done nothing wrong, and we can’t let people convince us that we have. Israel is trying to avoid civilian casualties — but Hamas has embedded itself in civilian areas. This war is Hamas’ fault.
The US is delusional when lecturing Israel on a two-state solution. There is no partner for peace, with most Palestinians still supporting the October 7 massacre. Notably, in Gaza, where the war is being fought, less people support the war than in the untouched West Bank. That points to something quite newsworthy.
Israel knows we have to sometimes fight alone, as history has shown us. The Holocaust showed us we can never rely on anyone else for our safety — and that is why Israel was created.
As Jabotinsky noted, “We hold that Zionism is moral and just. And since it is moral and just, justice must be done, no matter whether Joseph or Simon or Ivan or Achmet agree with it or not.”
Dear world: yes, everyone is wrong and we alone are right. We are the Jewish people — and we will live.
Ronn Torossian is an entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist.
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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.