It Is Deeply Immoral To Push For A Ceasefire That Would Leave Hamas In Power

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Hamas has made it obvious they will attack Israel again and again. Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and any other democracy would never stand for this. So, why should Israel be expected to?

Ahmed Hussen – the Minister of International Development – has gone to Egypt.

Hussen is at the border between Egypt and the city of Rafah in Gaza.

Rafah is the last stronghold of Hamas, and it is almost certain that many hostages are being held there.

So, given that the Canadian government has expressed their support for Israel and has said Hamas cannot be part of the governance of Gaza going forward, Hussen must be there to call for Hamas to surrender, right?

Wrong.

Turns out, he’s there to tell Israel not to enter the city:

“There are no words for the sounds coming from the Rafah border. I came here to continue advocating for a ceasefire and more aid to enter gaza. I’m also here to learn more about the feasibility of airdropping aid into the region.”

“We urge the Israeli government to stop and not go down this path. All civilians deserve to live in peace, security, and dignity, without fear and with equal human rights. We remain steadfast in our commitment to a two-state solution.”

A day later – after a significant backlash – Hussen did at least call for the release of the hostages:

But again, notice how Hussen puts ‘ceasefire’ before the release of the hostages.

In effect, he expects Israel to take Hamas – a genocidal terrorist organization – at its word.

Worse, with a growing push for a ‘permanent’ ceasefire, Hamas could end up remaining in power.

And it’s quite telling that Hussen’s first statement omitted the hostages entirely.

A broken worldview

Let’s take the perspective put forth by Hussen – and a significant part of the Liberal government – to its logical conclusion.

It would mean that Hamas is allowed to govern Gaza, is allowed to receive ‘aid’ that often includes hidden shipments of weapons/rocket components, and is allowed to massacre Israeli citizens every few years. Then, when such a massacre invites a response from Israel, Israel will always be prevented from removing Hamas from power, letting the whole cycle begin again.

That is the logical conclusion of what Hussen is saying.

And it is deeply immoral.

Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and any other self-respecting nation would ever go along with this. We wouldn’t spend our own tax dollars to give aid to a genocidal neighbour who periodically massacred, raped, tortured, and kidnapped our populace. We wouldn’t leave them in power. We wouldn’t accept anything short of the total defeat of such an enemy.

So why is Israel supposed to accept it?

A point I’ve been trying to make is that anti-Semitism seems so prevalent that people can’t even see it at this point. Israel is expected to fund, support, protect, and empower terrorist organizations that openly call for another Holocaust. Israel is expected to respect religious holidays when fighting those genocidal terrorist organizations, even though Israel’s enemies have repeatedly used Jewish religious holidays to ensure maximum surprise and attack Israel when they are most vulnerable.

And so, it is essential for us to not only confront the disturbing rise of overt anti-Semitism, but also to confront the more subtle anti-Semitism that demands Israel put up with something no other nation would be expected to put up with.

Hamas must be completely defeated and removed from power, all the hostages must be released, and Israel must have security control over Gaza to ensure something like the October 7th massacre can never occur again.

Spencer Fernando

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