Critical of Israel? Explain what you’d have done instead

Published May 6, 2026 8:00am ET



The enemies of Israel denigrate it for defending itself. They do not at all like the fact that the Israel Defense Forces engages in assassinations against the leaders of Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. They vitriolically oppose the fact that the Israeli army blew up electronic pagers, while in the pockets of their enemies, seriously injuring and even killing some.

They are even more opposed to the Jewish state for killing civilians in Gaza, although they were being used as shields, by Hamas’s placement of military hardware in hospitals, schools, and residential areas.

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