Critics of Israel's airstrikes in Gaza have been called antisemitic by some Jews who say Israel has every right to defend its borders and its people. Antepli noted that Israel “has many things to be criticized for,” and asked how people with ties to Palestinians can “unequivocally condemn the barbarous savagery” of Hamas, “but also express solidarity and support for Palestinians, many of whom are suffering?” Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas' decision-making political bureau, has criticized what he said was the hypocrisy of the international community, which has widely condemned the killing of Israeli civilians and atrocities committed in the initial Hamas attack, but, in Hamad’s view, had given Israel a “license to kill” civilians in Gaza in response.