I would ask anyone who thinks Israel is wrong in the way it’s waging war in Gaza what you would do differently, if you were the leader of Israel? It’s easy to criticize, but it’s not fair to do so without offering alternatives you think are better. How would you fulfill your responsibility to protect your citizens from the next promised attack? Clearly, Hamas has not considered the safety of their own people, except to make it worse for them by trying to help their worldwide PR effort.

But Jews have always placed a high value on life. Despite errors made in the fog of war, no army can claim to place more importance on trying to safeguard civilians while fighting with one hand tied behind its back, especially when Hamas's cowardly attackers purposefully hide among their fellow Palestinians, hoping to increase the number killed for propaganda purposes.

Jesse Samuels

West Hartford