If Hamas were destroyed and gone, we would probably end up with something much worse. The region would end up with something much worse.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If the withdrawal from Gaza goes badly, obviously, that will set us back.
Sooner or later, Israel will have to defeat Hamas. There is no way around it.
Destroy and damage infrastructure, public buildings and government buildings. Do not leave them any place from which they can operate to damage Israel. We must be sure that Hamas will be spending many years in rebuilding Gaza and not in attacking Israel.
If Hamas wants to be part of the real world, it has to end up accepting Israel's right to exist.
Let there be no mistake, Hamas is a ruthless terrorist organization.
Hamas is really a problem for the Palestinians and for Egypt more than Israel.
Hamas's strategy is resistance and survival. As long as they survive, this is a victory.
I don't think Hamas will be satisfied simply ruling the Gaza Strip.
Nothing would do more to improve Israel's security or its relations with its neighbors than to bring about a sovereign and contiguous Palestinian state alongside a secure, democratic, Jewish Israel.
Israelis would mostly breathe a sigh of relief if Palestinians were to disappear.
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