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A high-ranking Palestinian official made the shocking comment over the weekend that the October 7 Hamas massacre of 1,200 Israelis—mostly civilians—was “part of a defensive war on the part of the Palestinians.” Jibril Rajoub, secretary for the Central Committee of…