Defending Israelis from terror justifies war in Gaza

by Miriam Fink and David Schwartz | 09/29/2014

Every sovereign nation has not only the right but also the obligation to defend its citizens. Israel, a sovereign state, invoked this right and obligation in July with Operation Protective Edge, a defensive military campaign with the goal of protecting Israelis who have been pounded by a barrage of rockets fired by the terrorist group Hamas which resides in Gaza and has members propagated all around the Middle East.