Sometimes, a conflict is dual in nature, there must be a winner or a loser. I believe the Palestinian/Israeli conflict is such a case, and the “two state solution”, which has never solved anything, has caused long-term suffering for all people involved. My new hope is that there will soon be a winner and a loser, and we can move on from the aftermath to create something new. I think the thing that has been causing so much suffering is the itch of trying to live in a “gray area”. I don’t believe this is always the case, but I believe that’s what is going on here.
You can’t rationalize crazy. Give every college student protesting in the streets FOR Hamas a one way ticket to Gaza to help out. Let’s see how quickly they change their minds. This isn’t an organization intent on creating a great society, this is a cartel that needs to be eradicated.
Well - this is actually a well-known Maoist strategy particularly embraced by Islamic terrorists. It was widely practices by the KLA in Kosovo. The extremist practice that puts zero values on human lives has two main pillars: hide terrorists/weapons in civilian population/household (which is brainwashed/threatened to value the Cause more than their children), and, the tactic of killing and bombing OWN targets and then blaming the enemy.
Very well written article, thank you. I'd be curious to know the facts on the ground in Gaza - do we know if Hamas is a small percentage of the population holding all the civilians hostage to this strategy, or is some sizable portion of the population on board with it? The left is crying out that Palestinians just want peace, and yet, there's this long history of terrorist attacks originating from Gaza, and clearly Hamas is very woven into the urban fabric there, so it's hard to square these things. I mean there must be some dynamic that allows that kind of behavior to go on. It's incomprehensible to imagine, say, angry American professors that decide to start launching thousands of rockets into Canada, and other Americans not stopping them. I believe I understand the genocidal doctrine of Hamas, but, is Israel killing "innocent" Palestinians in the counter attacks, or, willing participants in the human shield/sacrifice strategy?
Hamas wants Israel to go into Gaza, take many casualties, cause lots of "collateral" damage that Hamas can use to win the propaganda battle. Israel is falling into the trap. When your enemy wants you to do something, you should do something else. What else -- dont know. Maybe send special forces to take out the Hamas leadership living in Qatar?
And now the hospital bombing. So much tragedy, and so much misinformation. The fog of war is bad enough and now we have to contend with propaganda from Hamas who is of course blaming the IDF. I do not believe Israel would go to great lengths to urge people to move south, drop leaflets, coordinate aide through Rafah, only to bomb a hospital. I only have the Internet and my own judgement to make this determination, but if I'm going to choose the word of Hamas or Israel, there is no question, I don't believe terrorist monsters. I'm afraid the war will widen and the information war that comes with it will be like nothing we've ever experienced.
Now it looks like the hospital massacre was caused by a Hamas failed rocket and the Israelis have a recording that Hamas KNEW it was them. Sadly the lie is halfway around the world before truth got its shoes on. What a bunch of hateful scum.
We're horrified, with good reason. What kind of people could do this to their own children? Yet, they are human beings, just like us. That's what makes it even more terrifying. We realize that we all have monsters in our souls. I pray that Israel will be able to wipe out Hamas. I am not happy about it. But that seems to be the only way forward.
Does anyone understand or know why the U.S. cannot get American citizens out of Gaza? We give 3.3 billion/year to Israel and 235 million to Egypt. We both look and seem to be so weak. We can’t even get our citizens across a border? I don’t understand this. Can anyone explain?
Because that money is going to Hamas to build their mansions and fund weapons of terror like those $6 million RPGs they fired into shelters where terrified, innocent citizens try to shelter.
I just checked the UNWRA website hoping to find an official statement either condemning or at least expressing regret at the massacre of 10/7. But of course there is none. Not a single word. What there are, are 8 official statements lamenting the appalling conditions now prevailing in Gaza.
Yet this is an organization that we in the West are funding.
Good article. I don't think Hamas is really "on the Palestinians' side". I think the Palestinians are a convenient prop they use to push Iran's antisemitic agenda. The military actions of Palestinians trying to do something like improve access to clean water or ensure a right of passage would look much different than what we see from Hamas. Israel would probably have a much more difficult time politically if those were the kinds of military actions that were being carried out on the Palestinians' behalf.
We all know this author has hit the nail on the head. I am disturbed that there are so many living comfortable western lives who have fallen for the Hamas trick. They applaud the beheading of babies, or claim that it was staged by Israel as an excuse to further their own evil ends. How can people be so gullible? They feel virtuous in doing so, and claim they own the moral high ground, whilst only proving themselves to be the latest incarnation of the 'useful idiots' who assist the wicked. Even the (supposed) best among us opine that Israel must show restraint, must not retaliate or engage in 'collective punishment.' What would they have Israel do? Let themselves be butchered, driven out to wander the face of the earth again? Those who see 'institutional racism' everywhere in our own societies reveal their own 'institutional anti-semitism' in doing this. "Jews Don't Count" as the documentary put it.
Anthony, the civilians in Gaza ARE victims of this conflict...The are hostages, too, of a repressive regime in it only for the power that they can wield over the lives of others (and the comfortable lives that they can live off the backs of their neighbors tax payments/
They voted for a government that explicitly says it prioritizes killing Jews over taking care of its own people, and considers killing their own people to be righteous martyrdom. Civilians aren't victims, they are explicit tools of war. We know this. Hamas said so. They intentionally get their kids killed so they can use the footage as propaganda to instigate war against Israel.
That is their culture, and the government they voted for. They are the most explicitly racist people on the planet, and they blame their misery on Jews instead of the terrorists they voted to rule them.
They have sabotaged every peace effort for generations, explicitly because they will not suffer Jews to exist near them.
They saw what their people did on October 7 and supported it. They see Hamas use their children as human shields, and they protest Jews instead.
I don't believe there is a way to fix that kind of hate.
I agree totally with Mr Feith. If only his fine explanation could be broadcast and published widely and nonstop! 🙏🇮🇱🙏
Sometimes, a conflict is dual in nature, there must be a winner or a loser. I believe the Palestinian/Israeli conflict is such a case, and the “two state solution”, which has never solved anything, has caused long-term suffering for all people involved. My new hope is that there will soon be a winner and a loser, and we can move on from the aftermath to create something new. I think the thing that has been causing so much suffering is the itch of trying to live in a “gray area”. I don’t believe this is always the case, but I believe that’s what is going on here.
You can’t rationalize crazy. Give every college student protesting in the streets FOR Hamas a one way ticket to Gaza to help out. Let’s see how quickly they change their minds. This isn’t an organization intent on creating a great society, this is a cartel that needs to be eradicated.
Well - this is actually a well-known Maoist strategy particularly embraced by Islamic terrorists. It was widely practices by the KLA in Kosovo. The extremist practice that puts zero values on human lives has two main pillars: hide terrorists/weapons in civilian population/household (which is brainwashed/threatened to value the Cause more than their children), and, the tactic of killing and bombing OWN targets and then blaming the enemy.
Very well written article, thank you. I'd be curious to know the facts on the ground in Gaza - do we know if Hamas is a small percentage of the population holding all the civilians hostage to this strategy, or is some sizable portion of the population on board with it? The left is crying out that Palestinians just want peace, and yet, there's this long history of terrorist attacks originating from Gaza, and clearly Hamas is very woven into the urban fabric there, so it's hard to square these things. I mean there must be some dynamic that allows that kind of behavior to go on. It's incomprehensible to imagine, say, angry American professors that decide to start launching thousands of rockets into Canada, and other Americans not stopping them. I believe I understand the genocidal doctrine of Hamas, but, is Israel killing "innocent" Palestinians in the counter attacks, or, willing participants in the human shield/sacrifice strategy?
Hamas wants Israel to go into Gaza, take many casualties, cause lots of "collateral" damage that Hamas can use to win the propaganda battle. Israel is falling into the trap. When your enemy wants you to do something, you should do something else. What else -- dont know. Maybe send special forces to take out the Hamas leadership living in Qatar?
And now the hospital bombing. So much tragedy, and so much misinformation. The fog of war is bad enough and now we have to contend with propaganda from Hamas who is of course blaming the IDF. I do not believe Israel would go to great lengths to urge people to move south, drop leaflets, coordinate aide through Rafah, only to bomb a hospital. I only have the Internet and my own judgement to make this determination, but if I'm going to choose the word of Hamas or Israel, there is no question, I don't believe terrorist monsters. I'm afraid the war will widen and the information war that comes with it will be like nothing we've ever experienced.
Now it looks like the hospital massacre was caused by a Hamas failed rocket and the Israelis have a recording that Hamas KNEW it was them. Sadly the lie is halfway around the world before truth got its shoes on. What a bunch of hateful scum.
They are vampires who practice a kind of husbandry, slaughtering the hapless to feed their bloody appetites.
We're horrified, with good reason. What kind of people could do this to their own children? Yet, they are human beings, just like us. That's what makes it even more terrifying. We realize that we all have monsters in our souls. I pray that Israel will be able to wipe out Hamas. I am not happy about it. But that seems to be the only way forward.
but why give people only 24 hours to evacuate?
Huh? Did Hamas give anyone advance warning? NO!
well that doesn't justify not giving civilians warning. Palestenians are humans Jesus Christ. 24 hours to evacuate the ENTIRE north Palestine??
It ain't that big, tina.
Does anyone understand or know why the U.S. cannot get American citizens out of Gaza? We give 3.3 billion/year to Israel and 235 million to Egypt. We both look and seem to be so weak. We can’t even get our citizens across a border? I don’t understand this. Can anyone explain?
Look no further than the clueless leadership of the United States these days.
Joe Biden needs help getting off a stage, for goodness sake.
Because that money is going to Hamas to build their mansions and fund weapons of terror like those $6 million RPGs they fired into shelters where terrified, innocent citizens try to shelter.
I just checked the UNWRA website hoping to find an official statement either condemning or at least expressing regret at the massacre of 10/7. But of course there is none. Not a single word. What there are, are 8 official statements lamenting the appalling conditions now prevailing in Gaza.
Yet this is an organization that we in the West are funding.
Good article. I don't think Hamas is really "on the Palestinians' side". I think the Palestinians are a convenient prop they use to push Iran's antisemitic agenda. The military actions of Palestinians trying to do something like improve access to clean water or ensure a right of passage would look much different than what we see from Hamas. Israel would probably have a much more difficult time politically if those were the kinds of military actions that were being carried out on the Palestinians' behalf.
We all know this author has hit the nail on the head. I am disturbed that there are so many living comfortable western lives who have fallen for the Hamas trick. They applaud the beheading of babies, or claim that it was staged by Israel as an excuse to further their own evil ends. How can people be so gullible? They feel virtuous in doing so, and claim they own the moral high ground, whilst only proving themselves to be the latest incarnation of the 'useful idiots' who assist the wicked. Even the (supposed) best among us opine that Israel must show restraint, must not retaliate or engage in 'collective punishment.' What would they have Israel do? Let themselves be butchered, driven out to wander the face of the earth again? Those who see 'institutional racism' everywhere in our own societies reveal their own 'institutional anti-semitism' in doing this. "Jews Don't Count" as the documentary put it.
This is why it's so infuriating to see people in the West trying so hard to portray Palestinians as the victims of this conflict.
Anthony, the civilians in Gaza ARE victims of this conflict...The are hostages, too, of a repressive regime in it only for the power that they can wield over the lives of others (and the comfortable lives that they can live off the backs of their neighbors tax payments/
They voted for a government that explicitly says it prioritizes killing Jews over taking care of its own people, and considers killing their own people to be righteous martyrdom. Civilians aren't victims, they are explicit tools of war. We know this. Hamas said so. They intentionally get their kids killed so they can use the footage as propaganda to instigate war against Israel.
That is their culture, and the government they voted for. They are the most explicitly racist people on the planet, and they blame their misery on Jews instead of the terrorists they voted to rule them.
They have sabotaged every peace effort for generations, explicitly because they will not suffer Jews to exist near them.
They saw what their people did on October 7 and supported it. They see Hamas use their children as human shields, and they protest Jews instead.
I don't believe there is a way to fix that kind of hate.