The Hamas-Israeli War and the death of diplomacy
This brief reflection by Isabelle de Gaulmyn was published by La Croix on October 9, 2023. Isabella is a senior editor at La Croix and a former Vatican correspondent).
It is not possible to place the State of Israel and an armed terrorist group "on the same level". One is a democratic country, albeit in crisis, while the other is a violent, clandestine and dictatorial organization. Hamas's attack on Israel, and its inhumane treatment of civilians, must be firmly condemned. But it is never wrong to ask why, and to see how years of prevarication, indifference and Israeli nationalist policy have led to this.
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