If Israel’s enemies dropped their weapons, there would be no more war.   Conversely, if Israelis dropped their weapons, there would be no more Israel.   Paraphrasing former Prime Minister Golda Meir’s adage appropriately marks the second anniversary this week of Hamas’s murderous October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which killed over a thousand Israelis and took hundreds more hostage.   If Hamas halted hostilities and released all Israeli hostages – both alive and now deceased – the war in Gaza could end immediately.  This is no “cycle of violence,” contrary to that tiresome platitude.  Hamas initiated this war, and Hamas can end…

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