Here are some questions to ask those who try to justify Hamas’ violence:

When you chant that Palestine should be free “from the river to the sea,” what does that mean?
What happened after Israel unilaterally withdrew from Gaza in 2005?
What is the stated goal of Hamas?
How should Israel defend its population when Hamas hides behind civilians?
What would happen to Israel if it pulled completely out of the West Bank tomorrow, as it did with Gaza?

Ask these hard questions and others. And be smart enough to know when someone is telling a half-truth. Do your research.

[The author is the son of Elie Wiesel, and clearly wants to carry on his father’s work in searching for peace. However, it cannot be the peace of the grave, and Wiesel emphasizes that. The Israelis have offered terms of peace over and over again to the Palestinians, and they prove over and over again that the only terms they will accept is annihilation of Israel. — Ed]