Treat Hamas like ISIS: Use financial warfare to crush them

In its brutal terror attacks targeted at civilians from 43 countries, Hamas adopted ISIS's playbook, conflicting directly with the values of civilized society, while simultaneously posing a threat to other Western democracies, as highlighted by FBI Director Christopher Wray. During my time as chair of Israel's Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Prohibition Agency, I learned how funding plays a pivotal role in the operational capabilities of terrorist and criminal organizations. I witnessed time and time again the effectiveness of cutting off terror organizations' financial resources — their oxygen. Doing so in a global coordinated effort has proven to be a…