Israel's war is about uprooting murderous terror organisation

Israel is positioned at the junction of Jihad and the free world, at the intersection between the industry of death and democracy on the one hand and freedom, gender equality and human rights on the other. The free world cannot lose this battle. Africa cannot stand watching.

Neither the West nor Israel are immune to criticism, but the time has come for us to raise our heads and categorically declare: In this instance, there is no symmetry. Values of morality are opposed to values of immorality. This is the time for decisiveness: It is imperative we defeat the Iranian-led axis of evil, the Jihadist movement and its offshoots, from Hamas to ISIS, from Hezbollah to Boko Haram and Al Shabab.

Israel cannot carry this burden alone. Every person, every organisation, every country that still believes in the values of freedom and equality must participate in this struggle. Because if Israel's hands are tied, if the false narrative proclaiming Israel the 'aggressor' and Hamas the 'victim' gains the upper hand, this will signal the downfall of the free world. This cannot happen.

This is NOT about the political settlement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. It is about uprooting a murderous terror organisation.

In the 1930s, the free world was incapable of recognising the fact it was facing an existential threat. The price was devastating. Sixty million people were murdered and killed, among them six million Jews who perished in the most horrific death industry in history. In every Holocaust Memorial Day, we say "no more".

Well, "no more" in now!

In the 1930s it was not yet clear that Hitler was planning genocide and world conquest. Today, it is obvious and apparent. ISIS is not alone. Hamas leaders have called in the past for "the conquest of Rome, and from there ... the two Americas and Eastern Europe," and Hamas' official television calls upon Allah to kill Christians and Jews "to the last one." The Islamist Sunni leader Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi incites Moslems to complete the job started by Adolf Hitler.

One of the most ridiculous claims that are being made, mainly "you cannot imprison two million human beings without paying a terrible price," is simply false hyperbole. Firstly, Hamas is not short of money. The organisation did not invest its funds in civilian welfare, education or healthcare. The organisation chose instead to devote billions in the creation of a terror infrastructure, the establishment of a munitions industry and a strategic underground tunnel network. Prior to the attack, over 20,000 Gazans left the Gaza Strip daily to work in Israel. Hundreds of trucks would arrive every day to supply food and other provisions. Utilities-water, petrol and electricity-were supplied on a regular basis.

Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005 leaving it for the Palestinians to control their own life. Israel left Gaza but Gaza didn't leave Israel.

When Hamas won the 2006 elections and gained control of the Gaza Strip, the US, Russia, the EU and the UN proposed that the Hamas government commit to non-violence, recognise Israel's right to exist and accept current Mideast peace agreements in exchange for crucial aid to the Palestinians. It took only a single day for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh to reject the offer outright.

A year later, in 2007, Hamas violently took control over the Gaza Strip, murdering hundreds of PLO supporters, often by throwing opponents off rooftops and through public executions which documentations are still available on the web. In the following years, the EU continued to present different offers. One was a detailed proposal for a special UN mission for Gaza. The European Council also presented an official plan, according to which aid was contingent upon disarmament. But in 2017, Hamas' new leader, Yahya Sinwar made it clear that "Hamas would never recognise Israel." The following year, in February 2018, on the backdrop of heightening border tensions, the EU once again proposed aid in return for disarmament. Prosperity or terror? Welfare or industries of death? Once again, Hamas chose terror.

Moshir al-Masri, a senior Hamas official, clarified in the past how Hamas regards the term 'ceasefire'. "The resistance dictionary defines the term 'calm' as preparation for the next campaign. Our resistance will continue to stock its arsenal and develop and manufacture surprising new components for the new systems." Hamas is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, whose principals of 'Industry of Death' were defined by its founder, Hassan al-Banna, in 1938. Not welfare. Not prosperity. Not rehabilitation. Not education. Death.

In 2014, American intellectual, Sam Harris published an article that concludes: "The truth is, we are all living in Israel. It's just that some of us haven't realised it yet." I wonder what needs to happen before the academic world, the media and the Free World realise this simple truth. Eventually, the Free World will understand. Only one question remains open: Will tens of millions of deaths be necessary, or can the axis of evil be stopped now, at a much lower price?

And back to Africa. Make no mistake, terrorists interpret the "balanced approach" as a weakness. If to quote the extremists on that side "After Saturday comes Sunday".