Hamas is winning the PR war with Israel in most of the world

In the misty recesses of my memory banks I recall running with a gang of hippy-dippy types who were on the way to the Holy Land, there to groove and weed vegetables on some hippy-dippy kibutz. That was a pilgrimage much in vogue amongst the youthful idealists of the time. Fast forward fifty years. Ain’t no youthful idealists heading to Israel anymore. In fact, Israel’s own home-grown youthful idealists have been leaving the country for years. And that was before October 7th. Suddenly, the most genocidal hate speech became acceptable in Western media, which is wildly pro-Israel in all things. Palestinians (and let’s not kid ourselves; they are Hamas supporting Jew-haters every one), are animals, savages, blood-thirsty monsters, the Children of Darkness and Seed of Amalek… There’s a lot that’s dodgy about the 10/7 narrative. The attack was a complete surprise but Mossad and IDF intelligence had the plans in hand at least a year beforehand. But Israel was completely taken by surprise? I think not. I think it more likely that a certain politician who is preoccupied with keeping his ass out of jail thought it a perfect distraction. And so far, the plan is going great! If he can wrap this up in the next couple of weeks or so, he will go down in history as Bibi The Avenger, The Greatest Leader Since Moses! Gaza will simply be D-9ed into the Sinai. Unfortunately, there are signs of danger ahead. Bibi made very dramatic promises to eliminate every last terrorist. That means all Hamas has to do after Bibi declares victory is fire off one rocket, and Hamas has won in the eyes of the world. The campaign of “mighty vengeance,” daily war crimes Netanyahu and Gallant announced two months ago, continues apace. We’re fast closing in on 20,000 Palestinian dead, mostly women and children. Meanwhile, Hamas uploads videos every day of lightly armed fighters blowing up Merkava tanks in the ruble of Gaza City. Youthful idealists around the world today are more likely to volunteer for Hamas than for Israel.