To the Editor:
In “Incursion Into Gaza” (editorial, Jan. 6), you condemn Hamas’s rocket fire into Israel, but express concern that Israel “attempt to decimate Hamas and wrest Gaza from its grip.”
Hamas is an extremist terrorist regime with a worldview similar to that of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Both view Judeo-Christian Western values represented by Israel and the United States as satanic. The Taliban’s fall from power brought with it hope for the people of Afghanistan while the elimination of Hamas would also provide true prospects of tranquillity for the all peoples [sic] in Gaza.
Thus Israel should be encouraged and not deterred from removing Hamas from power.
Josh Hasten
Jerusalem, Jan. 6, 2009
The writer is a former spokesman for the Yesha Council, which represents settlers.
