Remembering October 7
Israel must win this conflict decisively, not by capitulating to Western left-wingers demanding a ceasefire.
One year ago today, the Iran-backed jihadis of Hamas launched an unprovoked attack on Israel, killing nearly 1,200 innocent people, taking more than 250 hostages, raping many women, and burning homes, all while livestreaming their atrocities. Some of the dead or captured were and are American citizens. Almost 100 hostages remain in captivity, including four Americans, though at least 34 hostages are believed to be dead.
On October 8, Iranian proxies with Hezbollah began firing rockets into northern Israel, an almost daily occurrence ever since. Iran itself has launched direct ballistic missile attacks on Israel twice.
The initial Hamas attack happened primarily because the Palestinian people are raised to hate Jews and work toward a “from the river to the sea” Arab/Muslim replacement of the Jewish state. “Nobody should blame us for the things we do,” said one Hamas terrorist recently. “On October 7, on October 10, on October one-millionth, everything we do is justified.” They were funded and trained by Iran, which aims for regional hegemony amidst growing alliances with Russia and China. Iran and its jihadi proxies were also emboldened by the weakness of the administration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Ever since Israel launched a retaliatory war on Hamas, the Western Leftmedia has treated Hamas’s lies as facts. It reports almost without question the absurdly inflated death toll, and it acts as if the truly morally offensive party here is the Israel Defense Forces.
As Israelis mourn the dead and captured today, Hamas marked the occasion by firing a barrage of rockets at Tel Aviv. America ought to stand united with our best Middle Eastern ally. We surely have differences with Israel, and alliances always necessitate some uncomfortable compromise. But there is a clear right side in this war.
Unfortunately for the entire Middle East, Biden and Harris are beholden to a Democrat Party that has a sizable pro-Hamas, anti-Semitic wing, including many loudmouths who hold seats in Congress. When the Leftmedia parrots Hamas propaganda as fact, it only emboldens these haters to do things like take over American college campuses and perpetrate a vastly increased number of anti-Semitic incidents.
That, in turn, causes more dangerous equivocation from Team Biden-Harris. For example, when asked if she considers Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “real, close ally,” Harris dodged the question. “I think, with all due respect, the better question is, do we have an important alliance between the American people and the Israeli people? And the answer to that question is yes,” she said while reiterating her regular call for a ceasefire.
The question of alliance is critical. After all, Harris publicly rebuked Netanyahu when he visited the States in July, telling him, “We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to the suffering — and I will not be silent.”
Biden has been no better, telling the United Nations last month that “innocent civilians in Gaza are going through hell.” Maybe that — along with a burgeoning Muslim population — is why French President Emmanuel Macron chose this weekend to call for an arms embargo on Israel. Biden previously delayed weapons for Israel to placate his pro-Hamas supporters.
Contrary to the goal of these left-wing invertebrates, Israel must win — and be aided in winning — this conflict. Peace in the Middle East depends on a decisive victory over the jihadis who want to exterminate Jews and wipe Israel off the map. Demanding a ceasefire every time Israel sees some success isn’t going to cut it. In fact, it only makes peace that much harder to reach.
