We must never forget - and never allow others to forget - that no matter how much one disagrees with #Netanyahu's conduct of the war - it was the war #Hamas wanted, it was the war Hamas started, it was the war Hamas kept going by continually firing rockets toward Israel and refusing to free hostages.

It was the #Hamaswar because if you call it anything else you legitimize what Hamas did to #Gaza and to #Israel. You legitimize #Iran's machinations and propaganda.

Hamas created the situation in Gaza. Any attempt to divide the blame between Hamas and Israel plays right into Iran's hands. You take the spotlight off a terrorist organization that exists for only one purpose and intensify the antisemitism that strengthens the Netanyahu government.