PA daily op-ed criticizes Hamas for admitting to starting Gaza War
Op-ed by Yahya Rabah, columnist for the official PA daily and a member of the Fatah Leadership Committee in Gaza:
“The last war (i.e., 2014 Gaza war) raised difficult questions which have received no brave answers – for example, ‘Why did Hamas refuse the Egyptian [ceasefire] initiative when it was first proposed, only to accept it later on exactly the same terms? Why did Hamas give Israel a dangerous gift for free, by strangely admitting its involvement in the first move that led to this war – despite the fact that Israel does not lack excuses and pretexts, and it would have been a thousand times better for us for it to bear responsibility for the outbreak of the brutal aggression?”
“The last war (i.e., 2014 Gaza war) raised difficult questions which have received no brave answers – for example, ‘Why did Hamas refuse the Egyptian [ceasefire] initiative when it was first proposed, only to accept it later on exactly the same terms? Why did Hamas give Israel a dangerous gift for free, by strangely admitting its involvement in the first move that led to this war – despite the fact that Israel does not lack excuses and pretexts, and it would have been a thousand times better for us for it to bear responsibility for the outbreak of the brutal aggression?”