Hamas terrorists are counting on Jewish empathy to let them survive to continue pursuing the genocidal war they began on Oct. 7. Anyone who does their bidding is despicable and dangerous.
The avalanche of anti-Israel propaganda as a result of a flurry of reports of alleged starvation in the Gaza Strip is starting to overwhelm even the most stalwart supporters of the Jewish state. The images of suffering, even if some of them are fraudulent, have created a sense among many observers that the international opprobrium directed at the Jewish state is so great that it’s no longer a point that can or even should be disputed. They argue that regardless of who is to blame, it’s incumbent on Jerusalem—as the most powerful actor in the conflict—to put an end to the problem, no matter what that might mean.
Some even argue that this is true even if the food crisis is the result of manipulation by Hamas. A ceasefire and flooding the Strip with aid will give the Islamist terrorist group a lifeline, enabling them to emerge triumphant from the war they started on Oct. 7, 2023, with the largest mass slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust. But Israel’s critics, including some who claim to love the Jewish state, now tell us that’s unimportant.
What’s more, others—whether religious groups like the Reform movement, prestigious liberal journalists like The New Yorker’s David Remnick or secular comics like the Comedy Channel’s Jon Stewart (who used his show to platform the anti-Zionist Jewish journalist Peter Beinart, who believes in Israel’s elimination) or Jewish actor Mandy Patinkin, are loudly asserting that Israel has betrayed Jewish values in fighting its defensive war against Hamas.