Walter Block and Alan Futerman on Israel's response to the October 7 Hamas attack

The West needs to understand that to defend human life and dignity, it isn’t enough to claim to side with Israel.  It needs to understand what this means: total, unrestrictive support.  That is nothing less than allowing this beleaguered country to defend itself fully.  To recognize that Hamas needs to be destroyed for the same reason and by the same method that the Nazis were.  Israel is entitled to do whatever it takes to uproot this evil residing next to it.  And, more important, that once it begins to proceed in that direction, it won’t be demonized for defending that which is the core of Western civilization and which its enemies hate the most: the love of everyone’s right to human life, dignity and happiness. 

In other words, it needs to support a complete, total and decisive Israeli victory.  If this implies an overwhelming, unprecedented use of military force, so be it.  Hamas is and will be responsible for any civilian casualties.  Cause and effect.  They created their own destruction, and its consequences.

~ Walter Block and Alan Futerman, "The Moral Duty to Destroy Hamas," The Wall Street Journal, October 11, 2023

(Note: emphasis mine)