OPINION:
Calling for Israel to initiate a cease-fire with Hamas in Gaza is not just immoral, it goes against all common sense. The Hamas terrorists in Gaza now seem to have lost most of their ability to initiate large-scale attacks. They have been forced to move from offense to defense thanks to Israel‘s ground operation.
What’s more, Hamas has never in its history honored a single cease-fire. Not one. If Israel were to begin a cease-fire now, even a short one, it would be like the allies stopping their advance immediately after D-Day during World War II, thus giving the Nazi army the opportunity to refortify.
In the end, a cease-fire would only prolong the war — and no one should want that.
MOSHE PHILLIPS
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
