The Rational Egoist

Welcome to my blog. My name is Steve Giardina. I consider myself to be a student of the philosophy of Objectivism, and these are my many thoughts. Feel free to leave comments, as well as your opinions.

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9/2/2003

Declaration of War [Posts] — Steve Giardina @ 4:41 pm

Israel has declared war on the Palestinian terrorist organizations, specifically, Hamas.

JERUSALEM (CNN) – Israel declared “all-out war” against Hamas Monday and said it is freezing diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Authority unless the Palestinian leadership takes “tangible steps to deal with infrastructures of terror.”

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Monday’s statement from Israel said it has adopted the following positions:

• “An all-out war against Hamas and other terrorist elements, including continuous strikes at the organization’s leaders";

• “Pressure on [focuses] of terror” in the West Bank; and

• A freezing of “the diplomatic process with the [Palestinian Authority] … unless [Israel] sees that the PA is taking tangible steps to deal with the infrastructures of terror.”

Good. It appears that Israel is once again beginning to assert its right to self-defense from the Palestinian terrorist groups. However, it remains to be seen if Israel will succumb to the international pressure characterized by condemning self-defense or if Israel will proudly uphold its right to self-defense no matter what the rest of the world says. Unfortunately, in the past few years, Israel has usually followed the first of these two paths.

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