There is only one answer and that is for Israel to announce to the world that in any future confrontation, “civilians” and their families must abandon all Hamas operational sites for their own safety as no targets will be aborted and that any human shields encountered will henceforth be treated as enemy combatants.
Another hasbara calamity is for the Israeli Prime minister to repeat that pathetic mantra: “Israel has the right to defend itself,” to which I say of course it has. But the repeat of this mantra ad nauseam conveys the impression that Israel is begging for world approval to do just that.
It is time for Israel to wake up.
It is time this language ceases not only from Israeli officials but by Diaspora leaders as well, as it clearly does not command respect but in fact contempt.
It is time for an Israeli leadership to emerge that tells the world at large that there will never be negotiations based on the 1967 cease-fire lines as Barack Hussein Obama wants and that never again will there be a mass release of terrorist murderers with blood on their hands.
It is time for Israel to declare the two state solution a disastrous theory that is dead and buried and to start acting like a sovereign nation in control of its own destiny.
Israel needs a strong leader who can unite the country in these perilous times but unfortunately there appears to be no one in sight.
One thing is certain however. Continuing with the political status quo, with a judicial system and military hierarchy overtaken by a left wing ideology, with an electoral system in shambles that requires one useless coalition after the other will prove in the long run to be a disaster.
Worst of all, a nation subject to constant existential threats that remains silent while lies and propaganda abound, a nation that cannot articulate its case clearly and concisely on the world arena, a nation that does not fight to win and utterly destroy the enemy but fights until there is an imposed cease-fire, such a nation could sooner or later face disaster.
All the much vaunted superior technology and equipment will be meaningless unless in Israel there is the will to use the hardware and pre-empt all hostile activities by the enemy.
I differ with the popular belief that there is no military solution to this conflict, a belief that ensures that Israel will never know a day of peace in its existence.
Were the IAF to be unleashed and set free to do its job, the entire terrorist infrastructure would be reduced to a pile of rubble within two days.
It is time for Israel to act like a normal country, to take the gloves off and take control of the situation.
About the Author: Gil Solomon is a retired finance manager and author.