Threaten by the realistic threat of an invasion of Gaza by the Israeli government, Hamas must surrender. And in the West countries, the Left parties have the duty to restore the allocation of responsibility to an organization that for twenty years has governed and terrorized the Strip with dictatorial, autocratic and intimidating methods, dragging into a downward spiral to the abyss its own people. We recognize the validity of the appeal of PNA President Abu Mazen: Hamas must lay down its arms and immediately release all Israeli hostages. It is an essential step for any future of coexistence. If the Left really wants to support the Palestinian cause without bending it to anti-Zionist, anti-Israeli or worse anti-Semitic logics, must break out all ambiguities. It must assume the political and moral responsibility of helping the Palestinians to build a credible patriotic front, free from dictatorship, capable of reactivating a national process and declaring it to the world: a process that...