Before they signaled their acceptance, Netanyahu said that if Hamas rejected the offer, then Israel would “finish the job.” Trump, for his part, stated categorically that in such an eventuality, “Israel would have my full backing to finish the job of destroying the threat of Hamas.”

The truth is this: Peace will never be achieved by rewarding terrorism. Peace will never be achieved by pretending that both sides are equally at fault when one side builds schools and hospitals while the other side builds tunnels and stockpiles rockets. There is no moral equivalence whatsoever.