Saturday, 2 August 2025

Trump Is Right to Point the Finger at Hamas for Gaza Woes | NR Editorial Board

This is what I've long said on these pages. That the blame for what is happening in Gaza has to be placed clearly, repeatedly and unabiguously on who deserves the blame. Hamas. 

But the world not only does not. It blames Israel for everything. It's crazy. 

It's good to see that Trump is clear on this. 

That the Israel’s many enemies have a huge incentive to promote the idea that Israel is using starvation as a tool of warfare. The New York Times, along with most major media outlets throughout the world, turned a photo of a skeletal toddler in Gaza, Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, into a rallying cry against the supposed Israeli policy of starvation. But the outlets did not report that the boy was born with a muscular disorder, which helped explain his sickly appearance, and they did not print part of a photo that showed his healthy-looking brother beside him. Days after the deception was exposed, the New York Times, which ran the photo on the front page, quietly updated the story, but only after the original photo had been spread around the world.
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Trump, who is clearly growing frustrated and angry about the conditions in Gaza, has been right to forcefully speak out against moves to reward Hamas by recognizing a Palestinian state, and to point the finger where it belongs. On Thursday morning, with his envoy Steve Witkoff in Israel for talks about a cease-fire and the situation in Gaza, Trump posted on Truth Social: “The fastest way to end the Humanitarian Crises in Gaza is for Hamas to SURRENDER AND RELEASE THE HOSTAGES!!!” If the rest of the world were to echo this statement, rather than attacking Israel, there’d be a better chance for a deal to end the war and allow more aid to reach the people of Gaza.


The "Son of Hamas", Mossab Hassan Yousefsays the same:
The fastest way to end Gaza crisis: -Global condemnation against Hamas -Isolate civilians from Hamas -Arrest top Hamas leaders abroad -Locate and rescue the hostages -Give Gazans the freedom to leave -Ignore terror sympathizers -Remove Hamas from existence.