Re my last column

© 2024

By Don Frost

            Not surprisingly, the “liberal” American press is showing sympathy toward, not just Palestinians, but Hamas. It’s beginning to look like the press has switched sides, from sympathy and support for Israel to sympathy and support for the terrorists.

            In the immediate aftermath of the terror attack on Israel on Oct. 7, the press reported the news thus: “Hamas terrorists . . .” “Atrocities by Hamas terrorists . . .” “Barbaric actions by Hamas terrorists . . .” “Hamas terrorists murdered . . .”

            In the eyes of the press, the terrorists have been upgraded. More and more they’re described as merely “Hamas militants.” Sounds like a rag-tag gathering of farmers and shopkeepers of Gaza have taken up their squirrel rifles and Molotov cocktails to valiantly defend against the onslaught of the invading horde of jack-booted professional soldiers.

Hamas is winning the war for men’s minds

©2024

By Don Frost

            The Hamas-Israel War is going exactly as the terrorist organization planned when they invaded Israel on Oct. 7, murdered 1,200 people, and kidnapped 250 hostages. According to a United Nations report, Hamas committed rape and gang rape; “mutilation of corpses, including decapitation . . . genital mutilation and sexualized torture.”

            And yet, they have much of the world believing they’re the good guys and Israel is the bad guys.

            The terrorist’s fantasy scenario was to ignite a world-wide jihad that would result in the end of the Israeli state and the deaths of all its Jews.

            The more realistic goal is turning out every bit as Hamas planned: Governments the world over are turning against Israel. Even Israel’s staunchest ally, the United States, is cracking under the strain of maintaining support.

            Within hours of the Hamas attack Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee issued a written statement which held the “Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence.”

            Ryna Workman, president of NYU’s Student Bar Association, wrote in a student newsletter that the atrocities were Israel’s “full responsibility.”

            A poll shows that 60% of college-age Americans (18-24) believe Hamas’ attack was justified; 2/3 of those see Jews as oppressors, not just Israelis, but Jews. Anti-semitic actions in the U.S. jumped 361% since Oct. 7.

            Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the hard-Left Democrat from Michigan – whose other political association is the Democratic Socialists of America – refused to vote on a House measure to condemn Hamas for “countless incidents of rape, gang rape, and sexual mutilation” by Hamas.

            Gaining the condemnation of Israel by the world required the sacrifice of thousands of Gaza civilians in Israel’s response to Oct. 7, the violence of which Hamas was counting on. All Hamas has to do now is hang onto the hostages and let Israel rain destruction on Palestinian civilians. If they return the hostages, the war ends. That is the last thing Hamas wants.

            It is inconceivable that the terrorists will release the hostages while their continued captivity serves Hamas’ purposes: The deaths of Gaza’s Palestinian children. So be prepared for more scenes of death, destruction, and suffering in Gaza. For a people who celebrate the deaths of suicide bombers and the deaths of thousands of innocents, the deaths of even their own innocent people is part of the plan. It is, in fact, the single most important element of the plan.