The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Non Compos Mentis

“Perhaps the major achievement of the resistance in the temporary takeover of these settler-colonies is the death blow to any confidence that Israeli colonists had in their military and its ability to protect them. … As the ongoing war between the Israeli colonial army and the indigenous Palestinian resistance has only just begun, the days to come will surely be crucial in determining if this is the start of the Palestinian War of Liberation or yet another battle in the interminable struggle between the colonizer and the colonized.” —Columbia University professor Joseph Massad

Village Academies

“According to some of America’s most talented young people, a little country founded after a mid-century genocide of six million Jews, occupying about 8% of the land mass of the Middle East, surrounded by Islamists for whom nothing short of Israel’s utter destruction will be enough, is at fault for the attacks and attempted conquest to which it so often has been subject. This mentality is, in part, the fruit of the propaganda to which they have been subject in the name of education.” —Rob Schwarzwalder

“Our State Department maintains a list of countries that are the worst violators of religious liberty and human rights. They are almost always radical Islamic or godless communist countries. Of the 12 countries on that list, five are Islamic nations and four are communist nations. That’s the same coalition that dominates our university campuses — Islamists and Marxists.” —Gary Bauer

Friendly Fire

“It’s truly disturbing that Members of Congress rushed to blame Israel for the hospital tragedy in Gaza. Who would take the word of a group that just massacred innocent Israeli civilians over our key ally?” —Senator John Fetterman (D-PA)

Leftmedia

“The willingness of the media to believe a bunch of murderers and rapists uncritically is astounding.” —Erielle Davidson

“Watching the news since October 7 is like watching all of Jew-hating history condensed into a 12-day period: Holocaust-level pogrom, Holocaust denial, blood libel, assurance by ‘all the right people’ that the Jews ought not defend themselves.” —Ben Shapiro

“Insular media elites have a nasty habit of thinking they represent democracy. They aren’t a half or a third of democracy. They own it. Like they’ve trademarked it. Anyone who dares to attack them is attacking democracy. … Leftist reporters should have the humility to suggest they are just a part of democracy, and another part of democracy is people criticizing the crusading reporters. It’s a part of democracy to say The Washington Post is a pack of arrogant jerks seeking to destroy Republicans and elect Democrats. That viewpoint should never ‘die in darkness.’” —Tim Graham

For the Record

“Hamas’s main headquarters and top leaders are located in Doha, the Qatari capital. … Qatar’s financial underwriting of Hamas far exceeds that of Iran. Since 2018, it has reportedly provided $30 million in cash per month to the thugs who rule Gaza. In 2021, Qatar started shipping $10 million worth of fuel to Gaza each month; proceeds from the sale of the fuel are used to pay as many as 50,000 Hamas operatives. In short, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the emir and dictator of Qatar, is the main foreign enabler of Hamas.” —Jeff Jacoby

“Everyone in the world knows that the primary goal of Hamas is the extinction of the state of Israel and the death of every Jew who lives there. Anyone who provides a cent to such an organization is responsible when the organization turns its stated goals into murderous action.” —Washington Examiner

Upright

“America can flex her muscles without using them. In fact, we should. A world without America is a dark and chaotic place — and a more dangerous place for America. All that can be avoided — so long as America doesn’t go wobbly.” —Ben Shapiro