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marybourg

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16. I think Israel, like the US and every
Sun Nov 19, 2023, 11:15 AM
Nov 2023

other nation, has the right and duty to destroy an enemy sworn to its destruction. It is not limited to killing only as many as the enemy killed; it is entitled to try to wipe out any ongoing enemy.

If that enemy hides among the civilian population it pretends to be championing, in its homes, schools and mosques, it is the evil force and Israel does not thereby lose its right to preserve its existence. To single Israel out, among all the nations, as being evil for fighting for its very existence is anti- semitic, in my opinion.

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