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Netanyahu at Press Conference: ‘Islamic Extremism an Issue for Civilized World’ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a powerful press conference yesterday, at which he called on the international world to pick up the issue of stopping Islamic extremism. The PM argued that the problem is not just one that Israel must pay attention to, but the entire “civilized world,” as well. “The people of Gaza are not our enemy. Our enemy is Hamas; our enemy are the other terrorist organizations trying to kill our people. The tragedy of Gaza is that it is ruled by Hamas – a tyrannical and fanatical terror group that relishes civilian casualties.” “They want civilian casualties. They use them as PR fodder,” the prime minister said. “Israel accepted and Hamas rejected the Egyptian ceasefire proposal of July 15th. At that time, the conflict had claimed some 185 lives. Only on Monday night did Hamas finally agree to that very same proposal, which went into effect yesterday morning.” “That means that 90 percent, a full 90 percent of the fatalities in this conflict could have been avoided had Hamas not rejected then the ceasefire that it accepts now. Hamas must be held accountable for the tragic loss of life,” Netanyahu said. “Every civilian casualty is a tragedy. A tragedy of Hamas’s own working. I think the Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel put it best when he said, Hamas is engaging in child sacrifice. And this is something for which it must be held accountable. For the sake of all our children, it must not be allowed to get away with this.” Israel is in a ceasefire process with Hamas, after four weeks of Operation Protective Edge, aimed at decimating the terror group’s resources in the Strip. The post Netanyahu at Press Conference: ‘Islamic Extremism an Issue for Civilized World’ appeared first on Jspace News. ift.tt/1kpjJ9M
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 17:04:41 +0000

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