And perhaps most importantly, where is the assumption coming from that Spielberg speaking out would make any difference at all, and that not doing so would amount to “a comfort for our enemies”? Why would Hamas care what Steven Spielberg thinks? Do you think if Spielberg (or Taylor Swift) asked for the hostages to be released, Hamas would be moved... See more

In addition to instating Sharia law, the movement was created with the specific goal of establishing an Islamist theocracy in place of what is now Israel, and to do it by bloodshed. Hamas sees Israel as an Islamic wakf, a holy land, that needs to be cleaned out. They announced war on the PLO for not being religious enough, and they wrote a charter,

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