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No one is as gentle in self-defense as Israel

By Louis Sarkozy
Published May 17, 2018 4:00am ET
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No one is as gentle in self-defense as Israel
Israeli police officers stand guard as a Palestinian couple lift their child up the stairs outside Damascus gate in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Israel faced a growing backlash Tuesday and new charges of using excessive force, a day after Israeli troops firing from across a border fence killed dozens of Palestinians and wounded more than 2,700 at a mass protest in Gaza. | (AP Photo/Eyal Warshavsky)

Hamas once warned Israelis that Hamas “loves death more than you love life.” On Monday, Hamas showed they weren’t bluffing when they said that.

As the U.S. was in the midst of opening its new embassy in Jerusalem, recently relocated from Tel-Aviv by order of President Trump, about 60 Palestinian protesters, including 8 children, were tear gassed and shot dead during a violent demonstration on the Israeli-Gaza border.

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