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Israel must end this war — by winning it.

JL;DR SUMMARY Bob Goldberg, in his guest essay, argues that Israel must decisively end its ongoing conflict with Hamas rather than prolong the battle through what he terms 'suicidal humanitarianism.' A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasJewish LawMiddle EastUnHostageConflictHenry KissingerAidHumanitarianism

Places mentioned

Israel
"Today, Israel is at war again. This time with Hamas."
South Africa
"Cut off the television crews, and do what South Africa did: Fight without apology, win without spectacle."
United States
"And while U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have signaled that maybe Hamas needs to be defeated entirely, we have heard that several times over the past year."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Since October 7th, it has been sending aid trucks into Gaza while its citizens bury their dead, its hostages languish in tunnels, and its soldiers fight booby-trapped corridors beneath hospitals."
Douma, Rif Dimashq, Syria
"The World Food Programme proudly reported that it fed nearly seven million Syrians in 2021, but neglected to mention that much of that food sustained the same military that gassed its own people in Douma."
Yemen
"In Yemen, UN agencies were forced yes, forced to use subcontractors approved by the Houthis rebel council, a regime that murders women for dress code violations and lobs missiles at Saudi civilian airports."
Goma, North Kivu, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
"After the 1994 genocide, Hutu gnocidaires regrouped in UN-run refugee camps in eastern Congo. There, they taxed aid deliveries, built armed militias, and launched cross-border raids into Rwanda all under UN protection. Goma became a haven not for civilians, but for militias rearming with Western-funded rice."
Somalia
"In 2009, al-Shabaab was skimming an estimated 20to80 percent of all food aid entering its zones of control in Somalia."
Ethiopia
"In Ethiopia, both Ethiopian federal forces and Tigrayan rebels were accused of blocking, looting, and redirecting aid supplies."

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