To the protesting Israelis: Please stop your insanity!

American Thinker ^ | 09/03/2024 | Lynne Lechter

[SeekAndFind]

Israel must change course. It has to stop negotiating with terrorists and start being the strong horse.

The world, or at least what is left of a world that knows the difference between right and wrong, mourned the news of the six Israeli hostages that were murdered by their evil Hamas captors, in cold blood.

Why were they killed? Clearly, not because of anything they had done wrong—not like they could have done anything anyway, even if they wanted to—but merely because they were Israelis. No doubt they were sleep-deprived, and most likely spent their last year on earth in ankle chains and other restraints. They were being held against their will, underground in dark dank tunnels. They were moved from one barren, horror-filled chamber to another. They were not a danger to anyone, least of all their captors. They were killed in cold blood, shot at close range in their heads, because the IDF was getting close to rescuing them.

And because Hamas just could. They could just write another horror-filled chapter to a civilized society that cherishes life, rather than following their sick warped vision of torture and murder.

(With the proviso that I have no hostage family involved, but did volunteer work for two weeks in February, I have felt all along that Israel has mismanaged its response to Hamas.)

One can arguably posit that Israeli security was inadequate on October 7th. But Israel’s initial wrong-headed response to the tragic attack was shaped by tradition and societal expectations.

Consider the slogan “Bring them back.” Those words placed the burden on innocent Israel and not on the drugged-up psychopaths who had perpetrated the horrors.

Moreover, Israelis expected the IDF to bring home both the living and the dead; even if it meant that some Israeli forces might die

[SeekAndFind]

This upside down focus has played right into Hamas’s hands. Approximately 100 or so “hostages” are still in captivity, dead or alive. Israel has agreed to a deal multiple times; Hamas has not.

Bibi Netanyahu is now being blamed for not doing enough to bring the hostages home and is being blamed for the deaths of the last six hostages. Israel has been brought to a standstill by a country-wide strike. This is lunacy and magical thinking.

[brownsfan]

The power of indoctrination.

[ClearCase_guy]

The pattern (for decades) has been:

Israel — “We’d like to make a deal. We are prepared to compromise. We have an offer which we think would be very attractive to the Palestinians.”
Palestinians — “We want all the Jews dead.”
Israel — “Well, we aren’t going to agree to that.”
Palestinians — “Then no deal.”

We have cycled through that discussion countless times.

Of course, Israel could try a different approach:

Israel — “We want all the Palestinians dead.”

That might actually convince the Palestinians to lean toward some sort of middle ground. But the world stops this approach dead. No way would Israel be allowed to play the game the way the Palestinians are allowed to play.

[budj]

It's time to take the "palestinians" at their word
and treat them in kind.

From every river
To every sea,
Make all the world
islamist free.

[Erik Latranyi]

Make no mistake, the pro-Hama forces inside the West are responsible for the deaths of those hostages.

They staged this in order to attack Netanyahu and Israel, forcing a deal.

[PIF]

The insanely suicidal Israeli component has, since Simon Peres, tried to kill the nation, regardless of consequences to them, believing they are righteous and above the fray so the Muslims will spare them.